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The Copyright Office announced that it is undertaking a study to assess the efficacy of current music licensing schemes.

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) sustained the examining attorney’s refusal to register the mark .MUSIC on the ground that it was merely descriptive. In re theDot Communications Network LLC, Serial Nos. 77622942, 77622944, 77622945, 77622947 and 77622948 (T.T.A.B. Nov. 22, 2011) (precedential).

The United States Congress has passed the Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act of 2018 ("MMA"), which now heads to President Trump for his signature.

UK-based graffiti artists filed a lawsuit against Vivienne Westwood for allegedly using their street art without permission on fashion apparel, raising complex questions about copyright protection for potentially illegal artwork. The case, which centered on whether graffiti created without building owners' consent could be legally protected under US law, has now been dismissed with prejudice following a joint stipulation by both parties.

In this podcast, we discuss cases and investigations related to the art world. Our host and art lawyer Diana Wierbicki talks to Georges Lederman about the evolution of art crime,.

In this podcast, we discuss issues related to art galleries doing business in multiple jurisdictions. Our host and art lawyer Diana Wierbicki talks to Charles Kolstad about tax issues

In this podcast, we discuss art related New York legislation initiatives and the problems these initiatives sought to address for artists and art authenticators

Pop star, Chris Brown, famous for his recent run-ins with the law and public break up with Rihanna, is now famous for scaring his neighbors with colorful street art goblins painted on a retaining wall at his Hollywood Hills home.

Clinton J. David was featured in the Citybizlist article, "Dallas Holocaust Museum Presents Rebirth After the Holocaust."

As the old saying goes – nothing is certain but death and taxes. In a recent decision, a New York Division of Taxation administrative law judge denied a prominent art dealer a refund on state taxes paid on a now rescinded $2.5 million USD sale of a fake Max Ernst.

Julie Hopkins, Vice President, and Adam Holofcener, Executive Director, of Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, convened on the Maryland General Assembly on Thursday, February 22, 2018, for Maryland Arts Day.

As recently reported by ArtNews, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America have reached a settlement in a dispute over the rightful ownership of eight 13th-century manuscript pages separated from the Zeyt'un Gospels and in the Getty's collection since 1994.

It appears that Newt Gingrich and Frankie Sullivan, a member of the rock band Survivor, and his company Rude Music , have reached a tentative settlement in the latter’s copyright infringement suits against Gingrich for use of the song "Eye of the Tiger" during Gingrich’s presidential campaign bid.

Variety, the most authoritative and trusted entertainment business news resource, recognized both partners Frank Scibilia and Benjamin Semel in their 2020 Legal Impact Report for their work in...

Spring art auction season has arrived in New York this month. Earlier this week a Vincent van Gogh painting from 1888 entitled "L’Allée des Alyscamps" was sold to a private collector from Asia for $66.3 million as reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Stephen Brodie was quoted in Tang Art Advisory’s newsletter on the subject: "What kind of art can I use for an art loan?"

Bradford Cohen, Sarah Johnson, and Charles Kolstad published "Estate and Tax Guidance for Artists and Collectors" in the Los Angeles Lawyer.

Longer term, blockchain technology could provide a more comprehensive solution for the industry.