A board of appeal has just reversed athat sought to invalidate the trademark registered for Banksy’s iconic “Monkey Signs” series.
Though Banksy’s art is automatically protected by copyright, the trademark was registered in 2018 by Pest Control, Banksy’s authenticating body, for a 2002 work created in Brighton in which the monkey’s sign reads “Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge.” Unlike copyright, trademarks require applications and protect brands or items that identify one particular business from another.run in to trouble with E.U. courtsThe mark was challenged a year later by Full Colour Black, a U.K.
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