Hermès Faces Legal Challenge Over MetaBirkin Case

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Hermès,Metabirkin Case,Legal Challenge

Attorneys for Mason Rothschild argue against the court's ruling in the MetaBirkin case, claiming it threatens the First Amendment. Expert testimony and amicus briefs are presented in support of the appeal.

Roughly eight months have passed since Hermès, the French luxury brand behind the famously pricey Birkin handbag, scored a legal victory over a digital artist known as In the opening brief filed on November 3, attorneys for Mason Rothschild argued that the court erred in denying his dismissal and summary judgment requests.

It also said that the court’s instructions to the jury were “prejudicial,” and claimed that expert testimony from writer and Warhol expert Jack Butcher, and free speech advocates Authors Alliance, have filed a 30-page “amicus brief,” strenuously arguing against the February ruling. (Today marked the deadline for amicus briefs related to the appeal.) The fiercely argued missive calls on a load of art history references and precedents, framing the precedent set by the MetaBirkin case as a threat to the First Amendmen

 

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