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One afternoon last October when Christopher Sprigman heard that the provocative British graffiti artist Banksy was staging a street performance in nearby Union Square, he rushed out to join the crowds and snapped photos of a giant fiberglass Ronald McDonald having his oversize clown shoes shined by a street urchin.
For some, the moment was mere entertainment. For Sprigman, 48, the performance was “a brilliant piece of trademark appropriation art—great material for my teaching and inspiration for research.”
Moving from the University of Virginia School of Law to join NYU Law has invigorated Sprigman, an intellectual property law scholar with a focus on the intersection of IP and culture.
- Date Published:09/15/2014
- Original Publication:NYU Law Magazine