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On July 19, 2006, the Ninth Circuit held in Miller v. Glenn Miller Productions, Inc., No. 04-55874 (9th Cir. 2006) that a licensee of trademark and related publicity rights does not have the right to sublicense those rights to third parties without the licensor’s express permission.

In addition, partner Stephen Rodner is a co-chair of the conference.

The Andy Warhol Foundation recently announced that it will dissolve the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board early next year.

The prices fetched by famous artworks continue to astound industry-watchers. In spring 2012, Edvard Munch’s The Scream set the record for a work sold at auction—$120 million. Sales of contemporary and modern art have also been setting records.

A discussion on the relationship between an artist and his attorney.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently brought its first case under the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA).

For many years, only major corporate entertainment companies like studios, networks and record companies had the capacity to build entertainment brands.

On December 16, 2016, President Obama signed the HEAR Act into law, establishing a uniform statute of limitations to govern claims seeking recovery of Nazi-confiscated art.

In a recent case, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in an unpublished opinion that claims against Park West Galleries, Inc. for fraudulent concealment and breach of warranty could move forward.

A painting by the modern master Robert Motherwell which was presumed stolen for the last four decades has been returned to the charitable foundation he established before his death.

The German federal cabinet has approved a revision to its cultural heritage protection law notwithstanding overwhelming opposition by essentially everyone who commented, putting the draft on the fast track to legislative enactment next year.

A significant collection of modern and contemporary art compiled by two of the 20th century’s most renowned collectors is expected to generate in excess of $85 million in sales.

I came across an intriguing story reported by Artnet about an artwork described as a 19th-century "Continental School" painting and estimated at around $500 to $800 at auction that soared to a closing bid of $870,000 earlier this week.

On January 28, 2016, The Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force issued a white paper entitled Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy.

Pryor Cashman Partner Ilene Farkas, co-chair of the Litigation and Music Groups, was profiled in Law.com's "How I Made Practice Group Chair" series.

As noted in the below post, last week the Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS") declined to hear an art provenance case, Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena et al. v. Marei Von Saher, which has a rather long history as well as the artworks at issue.

Refreshingly, March 18 passed this year without the usual breathless maybe-it's-about-to-turn-up coverage that has often been manufactured each year on the anniversary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist of 1990.

If you happen to be in the New York City metro area this weekend, you will not want to miss Frieze New York 2016 in its fifth edition in Manhattan.