Banksy Fights with Greeting Card Company for Control of His Trademark
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The competition between people named Banksy and the people not named Banksy that are selling images of his work, and that he isn’t trying to interfere with?
I’m guessing the company trying to get even more of a free ride sees its sales rise every time they file a new suit or appeal a ruling though.
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Various photos and stuff in the Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13237003/Banksy-ex-...
and non Mail https://itsartlaw.org/2023/12/03/the-real-banksy-anonymity-a...
also Gunningham was named in the previous Banksy court case.
He obviously though has a few people working with him.
Banksy original works do have style. Fakes are random attempts to look similar, to get attention - lacking sense of humor, context and meannig (as that one on article photo).
No mark nor label can make any banksy banksing thing be the Banksy's (first order) work (having something to say).
For me that's fine anything banksy has a label reminding about it - and Banksy original works just don't need neither used any (and that's a mark).
Good luck with trademarks !
( .. "to sell their fake Banksy merchandise legally" .. "attempting to take custody of [his] name" .. beeing not his case ?! )
Is Banksy being a hypocrite?
Is Andrew Gallagher being rude to a great artist?
.. and, quite possibly, coordinated manufactured outrage to drive sales and lift name recognition .
They(Gallagher's company/lawyers) added that the artist owning the trademark is “problematic for the industry [because it] allows Pest Control to flex their muscles in a way that is potentially unfair for competition.”
being his position?
I don't think Banksy is being a hypocrite - one can be critical of the rules while still following them.
Gallagher is being very rude - in fact trying to pass of your own work as someone else's without their permission to fraudulently sell it for more money has a name: Forgery. It's so rude it's illegal.
That noted I don’t dispute this could be a stunt in line with the commentary nature of Banksy’s portfolio. Very neat development!
Andrew Gallagher is the next Mr. Brainwash. The whole thing is a sham and it will be revealed in spectacular form at the end of the trial, as briefcases full of confetti explode in front of the judge.
When Full Colour Black folds, it will enshrine the rights of artists within case law.