Graffiti art has been garnering a great deal of attention in the art world, particularly as this once “subversive” style of art has gained acceptance. In turn, prices for some urban artists’ works have risen. Predictably, these artists are now also being copied and infringed, most notably by fashion companies. A few high profile copyright cases involving graffiti were filed in 2015 and earlier this year, and hopefully the outcomes of those litigations will provide more guidance for artists, fashion companies, and their legal representatives. Leila Amineddoleh was cited in The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month questioning the status of intellectual property protection for artists who used illegal means to create their art. Although courts have found that the Visual Artists’ Rights Act (VARA) does not protect works of art created illegally, it is unclear whether US copyright law does protect those works. Hopefully pending lawsuits will finally clarify the application of US intellectual property law and whether those protective tools protect all graffiti artists, even those using illegal means to create their art.