Jan. 16, 2026
Tariffs and the definition of art
Long before today's trade wars, tariff disputes helped shape the legal definition of art--forcing courts to draw lines between culture and commerce.
Hall of Justice
Simon J. Frankel
Judge
Prelim hearings
Yale Law School
Simon serves as chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Rights practice.
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Most of us have probably thought more about tariffs in the
past year than we did in the past few decades. Yet few people today know that
tariffs played a critical role in shaping the legal definition of art in the
United States.
For many decad...
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