Banksy Dealt Blow in Trademark Case Involving Monkey Image

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has ruled against Banksy in a trademark case surrounding the famed street artist’s iconic monkey image. According to a report by the Art Newspaper, the artist’s EU trademark of the work, which was first filed by the entity Pest Control in 2018, has been “declared invalid in its entirety” by the EUIPO.
The case stemmed from a 2019 complaint issued by the greeting card company Full Colour Black, which contended that Ba