by Jessica | Dec 10, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Cultural Heritage, Disputed Title, Restitution
In what has been a steady and systematic push by the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay on the restitution of cultural artefacts from museums of the world, has now culminated in a legal test case due to be lodged before the European Court of Human...
by Jessica | Dec 9, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Cultural Heritage, Film
A real Indiana Jones brings a legal action against the movie makers of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The best stories are usually based on true stories and this is one of the more exciting legal cases to hit Hollywood this week, where a real life...
by Jessica | Dec 5, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Copyright, Photography
It is reported by the British Journal of Photography and the Association of Photographers that major concerns are being raised by a number of Arts institutions about the provisions in Clause 68 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, that is now before the House...
by Jessica | Dec 5, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Copyright, Film
According to Reuters and Courthouse News Service, Hollywood’s Universal City Studios and Fifty Shades Ltd on 27th November 2012 have brought a copyright, trademark infringement and common law unfair competition case against Smash Pictures and a number of individuals...
by Jessica | Dec 4, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Copyright
Please see the PDF of my article Crystal Clear – Christie’s not Chritrs – click on the link to download it.
by Jessica | Nov 29, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Copyright
Please see my Copyright Article in Cover Magazine published today! The full article is below: Don’t lose your thread: Copyright, textiles and carpets Copying is a fascinating and frequently knotty problem that is a significant concern for all creative industries. It...
by Jessica | Oct 7, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Copyright
An orphan work is a copyrighted work but one where the copyright owner can no longer be located. Copyright is a property right that subsists in certain types of work and these are defined in UK law in Section 1 (and related sections) of the Copyright, Design and...
by Jessica | Jun 3, 2012 | Art Law, Exhibitions
Undeterred by the closure of the Tate Modern on a wet grey Thursday afternoon, our group thirsty for culture had to look no further than gallery@oxo at Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street a few metres along the South Bank for our cultural thirst to be quenched, our...
by Jessica | May 12, 2012 | Art Law, Fakes and Forgeries
An extremely costly High Court battle commenced on 26th April 2012 and is estimated to last 19 days as billionaire oil tycoon and art collector Viktor Vekselberg takes on Christie’s, suing the auction house for a refund of £1.69 million as his legal team claim that he...
by Jessica | May 9, 2012 | Art Law, Exhibitions, Photography
On at the Museo Nazionale Alinari della fotografia in Florence May 2012 is a rare Brian Duffy exhibition. Duffy was instrumental in leading the new English avant-garde in fashion photography. With David Bailey and Terence Donovan, Duffy dominated the fresh, vibrant...
