Jeff Koons copyright lawsuit

Celebrity artist Jeff Koons is involved in a copyright lawsuit, which is not unusual for an artist who regularly appropriates images from popular culture for his artwork.

What is unusual this time is that Koons is a plaintiff, suing San Francisco gallery/gift shop Park Life for selling balloon animal book ends.

Koons claims that the bookends violate his copyright for his famous Balloon Dog sculpture, a ten-foot-tall rendition of balloon animals familiar to most people who have seen a clown perform at a birthday party.