Hollywood trade newspaper Variety has lost in its attempt to pursue a trademark claim in Delaware against the punk band The Vandals. The case will now move to a California federal court, where Vandals bassist and lawyer Joe Escalante, who is representing the band in the lawsuit, is based.
First, some background on the case:
In 2004, the Vandals released their 10th album, "Hollywood Potato Chip," which posed the band's name in lettering on the cover quite similar to the trademarked Variety logo.
April 15, 2011
February 09, 2011
California Correctional Crisis: "Art from Within": SF Inmates' Art Show
"Art from Within": SF Inmates' Art Show Coming up on Weds the 16th from 5:30-7:30 at the SF Public Library at 100 Larkin, the 2nd annual "Art from Within" show of art by SF inmates in the Five Keys Programs:
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ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime: Essayist Simon Cole on Connoisseurship
by Catherine Schofield Sezgin
In one of ARCA’s three scholarly responses to David Grann’s “The Mark of a Masterpiece,” published in The New Yorker in July 2010, Simon A. Cole penned an editorial essay, “Connoisseurship All the Way Down: Art Authentication, Forgery, Fingerprint Identification, Expert Knowledge” in the fourth issue of The Journal of Art Crime (Fall 2010).
Simon A. Cole is Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification (Harvard University Press, 2001) and Truth Machine: The Contentious History of DNA Fingerprinting (University of Chicago Press, 2008, with Michael Lynch, Ruth McNally & Kathleen Jourdan). His work has been published in numerous criminology journals, Art Journal, and Suspect (MIT Press, 2005), the 10th issue of the design award winning series Alphabet City. He is co-editor of the journal Theoretical Criminology.
January 27, 2011
ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime: Contributor Lauren Cattey on Photomacrography
by Catherine Schofield Sezgin
Ms. Cattey: The most expensive part of investing in photomacrographs for works of art would be the purchasing the photographic equipment (digital SLR camera, macro lens, tripod, computer). However, since most museums have the equipment already, it would be a matter of labor costs.ARCA blog: You write that photomacrography simply refers to a technique used to photograph a subject at life-size or larger – actually up to forty times its actual size. Is special equipment involved? And how would these images be stored?
Ms. Cattey: Special equipment is needed. As mentioned previously, a digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, macro lens, tripod, wireless shutter release and a computer with plenty of storage space. I would recommend backing up your images on an external hard drive or burning them to CDs for safe keeping.ARCA blog: In your article, you discuss the work done at the J. Paul Getty Museum, could you elaborate here for our readers?
January 20, 2011
'Steampunk Palin' Comic More Insane Than You Imagined - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
Jan 20th 2011 By: Chris Murphy
'Steampunk Palin' Comic More Insane Than You Imagined
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