EUIPO declares trademark Banksy invalid

EUIPO declares trademark Banksy invalid

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) issued a decision on 20 May 2021, regarding a trademark of famous street artist Banksy – see below the work Banksy had registered as a trademark. The applicant held that the trademark right was invalid under...
Portrait of an Art Lawyer

Portrait of an Art Lawyer

Gert-Jan van den Bergh was interviewed for Columbia Law School’s alumni column ‘Lions of Law’ about his art law practice.  The interview includes the Dutch position on restitution of Nazi looted art, colonial looted art and the case of the Crimean...