Intellectual Property Law
New Matter FALL 2020, Volume 45, Number 3
Content
- 2020 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Contents
- Developing a Global Patent Portfolio
- Editorial Board
- Federal Circuit Report
- "Gone Fishin'" Lowell Anderson Retires
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2019-2020
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2019-2020
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Obviousness-Type Double Patenting is Not So Obvious
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Past Intellectual Property Executive Members
- Patent Eligibility Another Diagnostic On Ramp to Highway 35 U.S.C. 101
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The Licensing Corner
- Trading Rights for 'Likes'āSublicenses on Social Media Platforms
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Copyright News
Copyright News
Jo Ardalan
One LLP
The Second Circuit Affirms Spray Paint Artists’ $6.75 Million Statutory Damages Award Against Real Estate Developer for Violating the Visual Artists Rights Act
Real Estate Developer Gerald Wolkoff enlisted Jonathan Cohen to turn his dilapidated warehouses into an extraordinary exhibition space for aerosol arts.1,2 Cohen and other artists rented studio space. Cohen then curated the artists’ works and turned Wolkoff’s warehouses into a "major global center for aerosol art."3 The property, then known as 5Pointz, attracted thousands of visitors daily as well as celebrities and media coverage.4 Each wall was filled with aerosol art. Some works had a "short lifespan" and were painted over repeatedly, while others were longstanding works. Significantly, Cohen had a system to determine whether a work could be overpainted that required his consent and usually that of the artist as well. 5