26th January 2011

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deleteyourself: If you haven’t been following the case, Jeff Koons tried to sue a company for making balloon dog book ends. The judge in the case just threw down some pretty hardcore lol’s on Koons, making him look like a complete douche bag. Highlights:“As virtually any clown can attest, no one owns the idea of making a balloon dog, and the shape created by twisting a balloon into a dog-like form is part of the public domain.” and “Upon information and belief, Jeff Koons LLC purports to represent the intellectual property rights of Jeff Koons, a retired stock broker whose sculptures and other works are well-known for copying pre-existing forms and images from popular culture.”

deleteyourself:

If you haven’t been following the case, Jeff Koons tried to sue a company for making balloon dog book ends. The judge in the case just threw down some pretty hardcore lol’s on Koons, making him look like a complete douche bag.

Highlights:
“As virtually any clown can attest, no one owns the idea of making a balloon dog, and the shape created by twisting a balloon into a dog-like form is part of the public domain.”

and

“Upon information and belief, Jeff Koons LLC purports to represent the intellectual property rights of Jeff Koons, a retired stock broker whose sculptures and other works are well-known for copying pre-existing forms and images from popular culture.”

Source: artinfo.com

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    I fucking hate that guys shit. I was sitting outside one of his sculptures near Ground Zero in NYC. They keep the trash...
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    ahaha jeff koons, you;re cool but this is a bit lame of you.
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    hahah koons and douchery go hand
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    what a dick. you made millions off of taking already familiar forms and you’re suing someone for doing the same?
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    DARUSHIMO ADDS: also a funny suit considering Koons was sued in 1992 for making a ceramic reproduction of another...