Banksy’s Laugh Now graffiti predicted a role inversion. On Thursday, May 18th, the Cancellation Division of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) invalidated a trademark on the street artist’s image of a monkey wearing the sign “Laugh now, but one...
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Client Spotlight: Kate McQuillen
Wave Amnesia by Kate McQuillen On view at Massey Klein Gallery until Saturday, June 19th. On Friday, May 7th, visual artist Kate McQuillen’s first New York City solo show opened at Massey Klein Gallery. The exhibition, titled Wave Amnesia, was officially launched with...
The Future of NFTs in the Art Market
Last week, our founder Leila Amineddoleh spoke at an event hosted by the Art Law Foundation titled Non-Fungible Tokens in the art market: the beginning of a digital art boom? The event was organized and moderated by attorney Anne-Laure Bandle, Director of the Art Law...
EVENT: The Effect of Sanctions on Cultural Heritage
Join our founder and other experts for an important event addressing the effects of international sanctions on the preservation and protection of cultural heritage. Iran's astounding cultural heritage has developed over many millennia. But during the past decade,...
Tempestuous Tokens and Tantrums: VARA Rights in the World of NFTs
Amineddoleh & Associates has has been at the forefront of the burgeoning market for NFTs, working on several cutting-edge matters with NFT market leaders.
A Rare Glimpse at Van Gogh Painting Before it Heads to Auction
A rarely seen painting by Vincent van Gogh will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in Paris later this week. It is an appropriate venue for the sale of the work that depicts the Moulin de la Galette, a historic windmill in the Montmartre district of Paris. The work had been...
Veiled Virtue: Exploring Women’s Unsung Contributions to Art (Provenance Series: Part XV)
It is a bitter truth that women, who are so often depicted, admired and romanticized through art, have had to overcome herculean obstacles to participate in its creation. In honor of Women’s History Month, this entry in our Provenance Series examines the work of the...
Claudia Quinones of Amineddoleh & Associates in Art Law Publication
Amineddoleh & Associates LLC is proud to announce that an article by our associate Claudia Quinones has been published in the most recent issue of the Santander Art and Culture Law Review (SAACLR). The article, titled What's In a Name? Museums in the Post-Digital...
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Developments in AI are occurring at break-neck speed. Read our blog post to read more about this fascinating area of the law, including new case law and government guidelines concerning the use of this evolving technology. #AI #IPLaw #copyright #artlaw
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Our founder @LAmineddoleh was recently quoted in @artnews about a recently dismissed case in SDNY. The dispute involved claims that the painting in question, a Picasso painting valued at $150 million, was sold under duress during the Nazi Era. https://www.artandiplawfirm.com/nazi-era-art-disputes-and-duress-sales/