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Park West Gallery Proved by Lawsuit Loss to be Selling Fake Dali Prints Among other Fraudulent Misrepresentation of Art Sales on Cruise Ships - Cruise Lines are Taking This Seriously

The recent loss of Park West Gallery's defamation case against Fine Art Registry and three individuals shows that the jury in Federal Court in Eastern Michigan had no doubt that the evidence they were shown proved that Park West Gallery has been selling and continues to sell inauthentic art, including Salvador Dali prints, using fraudulent misrepresentation at art auctions on cruise ships. And Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines have stated that they will not be renewing their contract with the disgraced gallery.

Park West Gallery Defeated in Major Federal Court Lawsuit

Garan Lucow Miller, P.C. is pleased to report a recent victory by one of its shareholders, Ian C. Simpson, of its Troy office. On behalf of its clients, Bruce Hochman and The Salvador Dali Gallery in a $46 million dollar libel suit brought by Park West Gallery in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Fine Art Registry Prevails Against Park West Gallery in Federal Court in Michigan in Classic David and Goliath Trial

A Federal Court jury decided completely in favor of Phoenix based Fine Art Registry® and three individual defendants in a defamation and business interference case brought by Southfield Michigan company, Park West Gallery, and also awarded $500,000 in damages to Fine Art Registry for Park West Gallery's illegal use of the web based art registration company's trademarks on the internet.

Fine Art Registry vs. Park West Gallery Lawsuit Begins its Fourth Week

Fine Art Registry® begins presentation of its case against Park West Gallery after the Michigan art gallery has spent three weeks presenting its case, claiming defamation, etc. The case is clearly a classic SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) lawsuit by the world's self-proclaimed "largest art gallery" against web-based company, Fine Art Registry, which has been outspoken in its criticism of the Michigan gallery's sale of inauthentic and vastly overpriced art at "auctions" primarily aboard cruise ships, and has provided advocacy and other assistance to victims of Park West Gallery's broadly questioned art and sales practices.

Legacy of Kenneth M. Freeman Protected by Fine Art Registry Patented Identification System

Having one traveling museum exhibition, Artist at Work: The Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy currently at the Booth Western Art Museum in Atlanta, and sending a second museum exhibition on the road in June 2010 named Portraits of the West: The Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy, Bonnie Adams, curator of the Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy Collection, had some unique challenges to make certain the collection was protected. Bonnie Adams decided to protect the priceless originals and the authorized limited edition prints using the Fine Art Registry® patented, secure tagging and registration system.

Robert Descharnes Recognized as World's Foremost Expert on and Defender of the Works of Salvador Dali by Real Circulo Artistico of Barcelona Gold Medal Award

On December 17, 2009 the Real Circulo Artístico of Barcelona (Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona – RCAB), Spain, issued a proclamation awarding French photographer Robert Descharnes, long term friend and associate of Salvador Dali and expert in his work, its coveted Gold Medal "For the merit which he displays, the greatest authority in the world in the knowledge and defense of the work of the artist Salvador Dali i Domench." The award was accepted on Robert Descharnes’ behalf by his son Nicolas at the RCAB's headquarters in Barcelona on December 27th 2009 and acknowledged in a video addressed to the RCAB by Robert Descharnes who was unable to attend the presentation in person.

Four Judgments Against Park West Gallery for Fraudulent Sale of Fake and Overpriced Art in Lawsuits Filed by Their Customers

Four judgments against Park West Gallery, sued by customers who claimed they had been defrauded by the Michigan art gallery, were handed down by the Honorable Nanci J. Grant, Circuit Court Judge of the Oakland County Michigan Circuit Court today, awarding the Plaintiffs damages of close to $9,000 against Park West for artwork they purchased at art auctions on cruise ships or by direct sale by Park West Gallery in Michigan and dismissing with prejudice multi-million counter-claims by Park West against their customers.