by Administrator | Jun 27, 2015 | Trademarks
Asian music group “The Slants” recently sent an application in to the Trademark Office to register their band name. The Office rejected their application as obscene and defamatory to a group of people or culture. Under the Lanham Act, which is the...
by Administrator | Jun 25, 2015 | Legal Issues for Artists
Artists are known for pushing boundaries in the pursuit of their art. In two separate instances, artists are facing criminal liability as a result of their art. Last week Joseph Gibbons pled guilty to burglary in the third degree for robbing Capital One in New York...
by Administrator | Jun 19, 2015 | Arts Advocacy
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies has released its report on funding for the arts by state. It arrives at its figures by taking the appropriation for the arts from each state’s budget and then dividing that by the number of people living in that...
by Administrator | Jun 17, 2015 | Legal Issues for Museums
On June 1st, OSHA released its guidelines on bathroom access for transgendered employees; the guidelines also included institutions that are open to the public, specifically mentioning museums in addition to other examples. You can read a summary of their guidelines,...
by Administrator | Jun 10, 2015 | Cultural Heritage
Earlier today three terrorists, one of which was a suicide bomber, were stopped at the entrance to the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt. The reports are extremely preliminary at this point. Apparently two of the three were killed by guards before they could enter...
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