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Bad-faith Banksy

Anonymous artist filed EU marks in badfaith to ‘circumvent’ copyright in order to avoid revealing his identity

Ben Wodecki, IPM

World-famous street artist Banksy has lost EU trademarkprotection for his famous ‘flower bomber’ work, after an EU IntellectualProperty Office (EUIPO) panel found the artist had filed the application in“bad faith”.

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