Damien Hirst has launched a legal battle to stop a struggling young British artist using his name on a “spoof” website, reports The Independent’s Guy Adams. Hirst has employed the law firm Manches LLP to act against Simon Phillips, a self-styled “Internet artist” who owns the domain name www.damien-hirst.co.uk. Hirst’s legal team has submitted a dossier of evidence to the UK Internet regulator Nominet, arguing that Phillips has breached his trademark and intellectual property rights. The disputed domain name previously contained a potted history of Hirst’s career, but now carries an image of a sailor dressed in red latex, with the slogan: “My arse is nothing to do with Damien Hirst.” (from Artforum.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Damien Hirst has launched a legal battle to stop a struggling young British artist using his name on a “spoof” website, reports The Independent’s Guy Adams. Hirst has employed the law firm Manches LLP to act against Simon Phillips, a self-styled “Internet artist” who owns the domain name www.damien-hirst.co.uk. Hirst’s legal team has submitted a dossier of evidence to the UK Internet regulator Nominet, arguing that Phillips has breached his trademark and intellectual property rights. The disputed domain name previously contained a potted history of Hirst’s career, but now carries an image of a sailor dressed in red latex, with…<\/p>\n