Famed British street artist Banksy, whose real name and identity have not only been closely guarded secrets but have driven his lawyers bonkers trying to preserve some shred of his intellectual property rights in the face of his demand for anonymity, has turned up in Austin, Texas for this year’s South By Southwest arts and entertainment festival (commonly referred to by the acronym ‘SXSW’) . Well, his art has turned up at SXSW thanks to brothers John and Leo Resig who hope

Luckily, there are always new developments in the IP world to keep us distracted. Whether it was street artist Banksy’s recent social commentary/graffiti caper on the walls of (former) Reading Prison in the U.K. or the sale of one of his pieces, Morons, by Injective Protocol, a cryptocurrency company, which then burned it (yes, burned it into nonexistence) while broadcasting live through a Twitter account @BurntBanksy. However, before going up in flames, Injective Protocol ha