Katharine Haydock

Katharine R. Haydock is an associate in the Hughes Hubbard & Reed art law, trademark and litigation groups. She provides counsel to artists, auction houses, museums and other arts institutions. Ms. Haydock also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Firm/Organization: Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Blogs: HHR Art Law

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Fighting Back Against the “New Normal” – Artists Assert VARA Rights to Protect Street Art

By Katharine Haydock

July 15, 2019

Despite a recent decision in favor of municipal and property-developer defendants, a case pending in the Central District of Illinois serves as yet another warning to property developers to seek VARA waivers from artists up front. In April 2019, 13 artists (the “Artist-Plaintiffs”) brought VARA claims against two defendants, the Town of Normal (the “Town”) and real estate developer Bush Development (together, “Defendants”), in the Central District of Illinois for injunctive and other relief to…

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Update: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in California Resale Royalty Case

By Katharine Haydock

April 25, 2019

On April 1, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in a series of Ninth Circuit cases that found that the California Resale Royalty Act (“CRRA”) was partially preempted by section 301(a) of the 1976 Copyright Act. Under the CRRA, secondary-market sellers of fine art would be required to pay to the artist who created a work a five percent (5%) royalty on each resale of that work. After the Ninth Circuit ruled that…

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Update: “5Pointz” Artists Hold On to Win

By Katharine Haydock

July 13, 2018

On June 13, 2018, Judge Frederic Block of the Eastern District of New York issued an impassioned decision upholding the $6.75 million damage award he granted the aerosol artists of 5Pointz in February 2018. The court denied the defendants’ post-trial motion to grant a new trial or vacate the February 2018 judgment under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 59(a)[1] and 52(b).[2] As discussed previously on this blog, this case arose from defendant…

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Update: Enforcing an Artist’s Rights in Street Art

By Katharine Haydock

February 22, 2018

On February 12, Judge Frederic Block of the Eastern District of New York awarded $6.75 million in statutory damages to the aerosol artists of “5Pointz,” agreeing with the jury’s advisory finding that property developer Jerry Wolkoff violated those artists’ “right of integrity” under the Visual Artists Rights Act (“VARA”). As previously covered on this blog, VARA’s right of integrity grants a visual artist the right to prevent the destruction of her work of art so…

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CSUSA Hosts VARA Panel During “5Pointz” Trial

By Katharine Haydock

December 7, 2017

On October 27, 2017, the New York Chapter of the Copyright Society of the USA hosted a panel exploring the history, caselaw and policies underlying the Visual Artists Rights Act (“VARA”).[1] The panel featured Amy Adler, Emily Kempin Professor of Law at New York University School of Law; Irina Tarsis, Founder and Director of the Center for Art Law; and Daniel H. Weiner, Partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Barry …

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Update: Enforcing an Artist’s Rights in Street Art

By Katharine Haydock

November 28, 2017

“5Pointz” Jury Returns Advisory Verdict in Favor of Graffiti Artists. A six-member jury has returned an advisory verdict finding that a property developer violated more than twenty graffiti artists’ “right of integrity” under the Visual Artists Rights Act (“VARA”) when it whitewashed a building bearing nearly fifty of those artists’ works. As covered previously on this blog, the artist plaintiffs filed suit under VARA in 2013, seeking to enjoin developer Wolkoff’s demolition of that…

Katharine Haydock

Fighting Back Against the “New Normal” – Artists Assert VARA Rights to Protect Street Art

Update: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in California Resale Royalty Case

Update: “5Pointz” Artists Hold On to Win

Update: Enforcing an Artist’s Rights in Street Art

CSUSA Hosts VARA Panel During “5Pointz” Trial

Update: Enforcing an Artist’s Rights in Street Art

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