IP & Media Law Updates

8/31/2023 4:22:22 PM

Second Circuit Rejects Claim That Obscuring Murals Violates VARA

By Edward H. Rosenthal

In this post from March 2022, I wrote about a case pending in the the Second Circuit that raised the question whether an institution's...

4/21/2022 11:57:00 AM

By Brian Murphy

Plaintiff Ed Beard, Jr is an artist (and renaissance fair enthusiast) with a speciality for depicting wizards, fairies and dragons. (His...

3/31/2022 12:50:21 AM

By Edward H. Rosenthal

What happens if an institution decides to obscure a work of art on the ground that that it is offensive and unworthy of continued...

11/8/2021 1:33:08 PM

By Brian Murphy

Plaintiff Jacob Aaron Leveille is a visual artist who lives in Florida. (You can check out his work on Instagram.) Defendant Ryan Edward...

5/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

What happens when someone buys a work from a famous artist, cuts it up and then sells the constituent parts (as well as what remains of...