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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lloyd249, post: 254850, member: 1211&quot;]i&#039;m reading an article right now from the Picasso administration and&nbsp; would like to share this:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Then there’s the Picasso black market, which the Picasso Administration tries to keep up with, often in vain. There are possibly hundreds of illegal brands called “Picasso” around the world, selling everything from fishing hooks and pizza to coffee mugs, shoes, T-shirts, inflatable dolls, and mobile homes, and more seem to pop up every day. For example, the Lane Bryant women’s clothing chain, until recently, offered an unlicensed Picasso bra, with matching “boyshort” pantie, but they have since sold out. “We are pursuing the matter,” said Theodore Feder, president of the Artists Rights Society, which represents the Administration in the United States. Some years ago, a Spanish company illegally attached Picasso’s name to products such as coffee, tea, ice cream, pasta, rice, and toothpaste. It is no longer in business. But a company in Taiwan that sells unauthorized Picasso scarves, watches, socks, and umbrellas still is. “From a legal standpoint,” Andrieu said, “it is difficult in many countries to oppose an unauthorized Picasso trademark registration.”</p><p>And then there are the requests for authentication, which come from all over the world. “In the last five years,” Andrieu said, “we have seen a lot of works—about 500—that are unknown, undocumented, never exhibited, never listed, coming from the United States, Spain, Switzerland, France, and other countries. We’re hoping to get the truth someday.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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