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Bored Apes, Hermès Suits Foreshadow What Is Coming in NFT Claims

By Jana Farmer, John Cahill & Eian Weiner on January 31, 2023

Posted in Art Law, Intellectual Property

In June 2022, Yuga Labs Inc., the parent company of the Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible token collection, filed a federal lawsuit against artist Ryder Ripps, one of most vocal critics of the BAYC NFT project.

Ripps created his own NFT project around May 2022, which he called RR/BAYC, using online digital images from the BAYC NFT collection by generating new NFTs using URLs embedded in Bored Ape Yacht Club smart contracts.…

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Paris Dealer Who Sold Golden Sarcophagus to the Met Charged with Money Laundering & Other Stories

By Jana Farmer & John Cahill on July 20, 2020

Posted in Art Law, Intellectual Property, Technology

Paris Dealer Charged with Fraud and Money Laundering in Sale of Golden Sarcophagus to the Met
French art dealer and Mediterranean archeology expert Christophe Kunicki was charged with fraud and money laundering in Paris following an investigation that began after the sale of a golden sarcophagus to New York’s Metropolitan Museum for €3.5 million in 2017. …
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Jana Farmer represents client interests in connection with matters involving copyright; sale and transfer of rights in artworks; protection of valuable creative assets; and general…

Jana Farmer represents client interests in connection with matters involving copyright; sale and transfer of rights in artworks; protection of valuable creative assets; and general commercial disputes and transactional matters. Jana provides reliable legal counsel to virtually all participants in the creation, licensing, sale, lending, gifting, merchandising and display of art. She is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Center for Art Law and an active member of the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment Arts and Sports Section and its Fine Art Committee.

From updates on current litigation to art world happenings to emerging legislation affecting art and cultural heritage, Wilson Elser’s Art Law Perspectives blog features summaries of recent news reports on art law and art markets. As we introduce and offer commentary on related issues we invite our readers to enter into a dialogue with us, creating more balanced, roust and thought-provoking analyses.

When the art world makes headlines, it becomes clear just how important the field is to all of us, as evidenced by the National Law Review’s recognition of our blog through its editor, Jana Farmer, as a 2019 Go-To Thought Leader.

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