SINGAPORE — A Singaporean has been ordered to pay US$900,000 (S$1.2 million) in damages to artist Kaws by a district court in New York after being found guilty of wilfully infringing the artist's copyright. The ruling by the United States Southern District Court of New York was passed on May 2. According to court documents seen by The Straits Times,...
Brian Donnelly, also known as Kaws, had accused Dylan Leong and his businesses of producing and selling replicas of the artist’s work with nine types of goods.SINGAPORE — A Singaporean has been ordered to pay US$900,000 in damages to artist Kaws by a district court in New York after being found guilty of wilfully infringing the artist's copyright.According to court documents seen by The Straits Times, the lawsuit was filed by Brian Donnelly, better known by his alias Kaws, on Nov 18, 2021.
David Arkin, a project assistant at Kaws Inc, stated in court documents that Leong had "154 counterfeit items offered for sale... priced between US$59 and US$3,299". Donnelly and his team had initially sought a claim of US$2 million for each of the 18 trademark infringements.
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