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Davidovici v. Koons

Tribunal de grande instance [ordinary court of original jurisdiction] Paris, 3ème chamber l’ère sec., Nov. 8, 2018, No RG 15/02536-No Portalis 352J-W-B67-CET7C.

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In this lawsuit in France, one of several cases involving the American artist Jeff Koons, the artist was sued for copyright infringement by the creator of a French advertisement Koons based his sculpture Fait d’Hiver on. In 2021, the appeals court in Paris upheld a lower court’s 2018 copyright infringement judgment and ...

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Tribunal de grande instance [ordinary court of original jurisdiction] Paris, 3ème chamber l’ère sec., Nov. 8, 2018, No RG 15/02536-No Portalis 352J-W-B67-CET7C.

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French Copyright Law (Code de la propriété intellectuelle): I- La propriété littéraire et artistique - i. Le droit d'auteur - II: Droits des auteurs

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