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Resale Royalties
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Russell Law Blog
Getting a Cut When Your Work Re-Sells
You’re a visual artist. You sell a work for $1000. Over time the value appreciates. Your buyer re-sells the work for $50,000. You get nothing (except requests to speak about…
HHR Art Law
Update: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in California Resale Royalty Case
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…
HHR Art Law
Ninth Circuit Cases Pose the Question: How Far Does the “First Sale Doctrine” Go?
By Webster D. McBride, Elizabeth Beitler
Read time: 7 minutes The Ninth Circuit has pending before it a significant challenge to the validity of the California Resale Royalty Act (“CRRA”), which will require the court to…
IP Intelligence
Central District of California Holds That the California Resale Royalty Act Is Preempted by Federal Copyright Law
By Eric Hiatt
As previously discussed on this blog, the validity of the California Resale Royalty Act (the “RRA,” Civil Code Section 986), a 1976 law that requires resellers of fine art to…
IP Intelligence
Artists and Auction Houses Declare Victory Over California Artists’ Resale Royalties Statute
Artists and auction houses both declared victory on January 11 when the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in a case concerning the constitutionality of the California Resale Royalties Act of…
Real Estate & Construction
Ninth Circuit to Rehear En Banc Appeal Re: California Resale Royalties Act
Last week, the Ninth Circuit agreed to rehear en banc an appeal of a federal court decision striking down the California Resale Royalties Act (the “Act”). The Act required sellers…
Art Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Hearing on California Resale Royalties
Readers will recall that in 2012 the U.S. District Court struck down the California Resale Royalties Act, holding that the 1970s-era law violated the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.…
Intellectual Property News.com
Copyright Office Seeks Input on Visual Art Resale Royalty Bill
IPNews® - The U.S. Copyright Office said Wednesday it plans to look into the ways that a federal resale royalty right might be able to benefit visual artists and how…
Art Law Blog
My Fellow Californians – Our Long National Nightmare is Over
By Christine Steiner In the same era Gerald Ford advised his fellow Americans that “our long national nightmare is over,” as he succeeded Richard Nixon as president, the California Legislation…
Museum Law Blog
The Gift – Or Sale – That Keeps On Giving (California Royalty Act)
By Pcarusoii
Dust off your collection sale check-list and add another set of boxes of bases to cover when you are contemplating the sale or exchange of artwork from your collection. Perhaps…