Intellectual Property Magazine
EUIPO Banksy verdict will ‘rattle arts industry’
Anonymous artist utilised trademarks for ‘flowerbomber’ piece to avoid using copyright to reveal his identity, with marks filedin bad faith EUIPO panel rules; judgment ‘a significant one for the artindustry’
Ben Wodecki
World-famous street artist Banksy has lost EU trademarkprotection for his famous ‘flower bomber’ work, after an EU IntellectualProperty
Office (EUIPO) panel found the artist had filed the application in “badfaith”.