"Rime" Graffiti
Case Against Moschino Survives Dismissal:
Last year street artist Joseph Tierney, better known as “Rime,” sued designer
Moschino S.p.A. and its creative director, Jeremy Scott, for a variety of
copyright and trademark claims based on the alleged use of Rime’s works in
certain fashion lines. The presiding court has denied Moschino’s efforts to
have the claim dismissed in a decision that provides an important, if implicit,
endorsement of the rights of street artists under the Copyright Act, and of a
novel theory under the DMCA. While some reports stated that the case was now
going to trial, it is not there quite yet.
http://blog.sandw.com/artlawreport/rime-graffiti-case-against-moschino-survives-dismissal