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Intellectual Property

Oct. 5, 2018

The writing is on the wall: Copyright protection for street art

Recent cases have highlighted the question as to what, if any, intellectual property rights do graffiti artists, who use buildings as their communal canvas, have over their art.

Victoria Burke

Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law, LLP

Email: vburke@scott-scott.com

Victoria is an adjunct professor of Fashion Law at Southwestern Law School.

White paint covers graffiti on the abandoned warehouse known as 5Pointz, a mecca for street artists from around the world, in New York, Nov. 19, 2013. (New York Times News Service)

Recent cases have highlighted the question as to what...

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