Banksy brands under threat after elusive graffiti artist loses trademark legal dispute
- Written by Enrico Bonadio, Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Britain’s most famous – and enigmatic – graffiti artist Banksy once proclaimed that “copyright is for losers”. Now, having lost a two-year legal fight over the trademarking of one of his iconic artworks, that claim has come back to haunt him.
On September 16, the EU Trademark Office invalidated...