American Intellectual Property Law Association: N.Y. Developer Must Pay $6.75 Million for Destroying Graffiti
February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 28 -- The American Intellectual Property Law Association issued the following news:
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on February 20, 2020, affirmed the district court's award of $6.75 million to a group of artists under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 after a Queens, New York, developer intentionally whitewashed over their graffiti. Castillo v. G&M Realty LP, 2d Cir., No. 18-498, 2/20/20.
A group of graffiti artists disp . . .
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on February 20, 2020, affirmed the district court's award of $6.75 million to a group of artists under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 after a Queens, New York, developer intentionally whitewashed over their graffiti. Castillo v. G&M Realty LP, 2d Cir., No. 18-498, 2/20/20.
A group of graffiti artists disp . . .