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Bodner, Frederick – Comment on Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Dooney & Bourke, Inc.

“Mediocre artists borrow; great artists steal,” proclaimed Pablo Picasso.  Actually, according to at least one author, the origin of the quote lies with T. S. Eliot, who birthed it as, “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.”  Ironically, the inability to prove who actually can lay claim to a quote about creative theft illustrates the reality that infringement of intellectual property exists in all corners of artistic expression.