Tag: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Who’s Laughing Now? EUIPO Board of Appeal Rules that Banksy Can Keep his Trademark and Anonymity Too

Rosie Giannone is a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Image from the Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of 25 October

February 16, 2023 No Comments

Banksy Tried to Play the IP System – and it Backfired

It may be easier than you think to legally capitalize on the images of the well-known – yet anonymous – British graffiti artist “Banksy.” The

March 4, 2021 No Comments

Is Copyright Still for Losers? The EUIPO Declares Banksy’s “Flower Thrower” Trademark Invalid

It all started with a bouquet of flowers: a bundle of blooms to be hurled by a bandana-clad figure, as stencilled along the wall of

February 24, 2021 1 Comment

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