Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SUMMER 2017 Volume 42, Number 2
Content
- 2017 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Case Comments
- Contents
- Copyright Commentary
- Federal Circuit Report
- Federal Government Expands Public Disclosure Requirements For Clinical Trials: Product Developers Must Publish More Detailed Information, Study Protocols, and the Results of Studies of Unapproved/Unmarketed Products
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2016-2017
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2016-2017
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Standing Still: Denial of Certiorari in Belmora Llc v. Bayer Consumer Care Ag Leaves Question on Standing for Foreign Plaintiff's Unfair Competition Claims
- The Band Who Must Not Be Named: Summary of Briefs and Oral Hearing in Lee v. Tam
- The Licensing Corner
- The State Bar of California Intellectual Property Alumni
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
IP and Art: An International Perspective
CRISTINA MANASSE
Manasse Studio Legale, Milan
JEFF KOONS LOSES IN A PARIS COURT
Once again, Jeff Koons goes to court, this time in France.1 It is not the first time Koons is protagonist of a lawsuit for copyright infringement and appropriation: Remember the Koons sculpture of the "string of puppies" based on a photograph in Rogers v. Koons?2
Sometimes Koons wins and sometimes he loses. This time he lost. A French court ruled that Koons was liable for copyright infringement of one of the works of a French photographer, Jean Francois Bauret. What is interesting about the decision is that the arguments by the court reveal something about the European approach to creative works and infringement defenses often effectively used in the United States.