Author: Tom Broadhurst
In this second ART IP post I consider the intellectual property law underlying art crossing over to trade marks and brands.
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A gift or a loan? A father and son’s dispute over the ownership of four classic rally cars
This week a dispute has been heard in the High Court regarding whether a father gave four Lancia Stratos rally cars, estimated to be worth £2.2 million, to his son as a loan or a gift. The father, Ernst Hrabalek, insists that the cars were lent to his son so they could be displayed at a car show. However, the son, Christian Hrabalek, claims his father gave them to him as a gift following his graduation.
Legal Briefing: Thwaytes v Sotheby’s [2015] EWHC 36 (Ch)
Boodle Hatfield LLP acted for Mr Thwaytes in his claim against fine art auctioneers Sotheby’s. Judgment was handed down on 16 January 2015 and you can read it in full here. Continue reading
Art for art’s sake, Money for God’s sake
Author: Tom Broadhurst
Last century I heard Paul Goldstein’s then provocative view – that the Internet and digital revolution would be the death of copyright. Others have said similar things but this decease of copyright has not happened – copyright still robustly thrives in the digital arena and is vital in the visual arts. In 2011 an estimated £70M of licensing revenue went to writers and artists (see p. 5 of the report ‘An economic analysis of copyright‘). Continue reading
Update: Investigating the Gurlitt Collection – Cousin’s challenge to Gurlitt’s Will delays proceedings
Following our earlier article, it was reported on Friday that the challenge to Cornelius Gurlitt’s Will is ongoing and a decision about who is the rightful heir may not be made until the autumn. Continue reading
Investigating the Gurlitt collection
In February 2012, over 1,200 artworks were found hidden in a small flat in Munich owned by Cornelius Gurlitt – a shy, discreet and reclusive man. Another 238 artworks were found in Gurlitt’s second home in Salzburg in February 2014.
Would you be able to spot a forgery?
From the 10 February for three months, one of the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s world renowned collection of Old Master paintings will be deliberately replaced by a fake. Working with the gallery’s curators, the conceptual artist Doug Fisher has commissioned an artists’ workshop in China to create an exact copy of one painting within the collection, which will hang in the frame that belongs to the original. Continue reading
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