Banksy?s Anonymity May Cost Him The Right To His Every Creation
Banksy's revered street vandal antics may soon come to an end, as the European Union Intellectual Property Office baits him out of anonymity.
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Waist-deep in an ongoing trademark dispute against ?Full Colour Black? greeting card company, since fall 2018 ? Banksy’s rebellious and anti-establishment antics have undoubtedly wormed its way into our hearts, making the news of possible court overrulement, that much harder to swallow.
Banksy’s Anonymity May Cost Him The Right To His Every Creation
The legal proceedings which were first initiated by Full Colour Black against Banksy, hinged on the claim that the artist had no intention of using the trademark he had taken out on the iconic flower-thrower design in 2014. The card company thus aimed to relieve the guerilla artist of his sole ownership rights, to further their commercial interest.
With no other word to describe such an unprecedented situation, Banksy and his legal team, Pest Control Office, quickly responded to what they deemed a ?ludicrous? situation with the launch of a one-off store dubbed ?Gross Domestic Product?. The store which made headlines, aimed to demonstrate Banksy?s desire to commercialize his work through merchandising efforts. What was perhaps a seemingly ingenious move, eventually backfired as the court swiftly called on his bluff, ?The use, which was only made after the initiation of the p...
The post Banksy’s Anonymity May Cost Him The Right To His Every Creation appeared first on LUXUO.
Waist-deep in an ongoing trademark dispute against ?Full Colour Black? greeting card company, since fall 2018 ? Banksy’s rebellious and anti-establishment antics have undoubtedly wormed its way into our hearts, making the news of possible court overrulement, that much harder to swallow.
Banksy’s Anonymity May Cost Him The Right To His Every Creation
The legal proceedings which were first initiated by Full Colour Black against Banksy, hinged on the claim that the artist had no intention of using the trademark he had taken out on the iconic flower-thrower design in 2014. The card company thus aimed to relieve the guerilla artist of his sole ownership rights, to further their commercial interest.
With no other word to describe such an unprecedented situation, Banksy and his legal team, Pest Control Office, quickly responded to what they deemed a ?ludicrous? situation with the launch of a one-off store dubbed ?Gross Domestic Product?. The store which made headlines, aimed to demonstrate Banksy?s desire to commercialize his work through merchandising efforts. What was perhaps a seemingly ingenious move, eventually backfired as the court swiftly called on his bluff, ?The use, which was only made after the initiation of the p...
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