This week on the Touro Law Review podcast we are joined by John Belcaster, the General Counsel of MSCHF, a Brooklyn-based art collective. MSCHF (pronounced “mischief”) produces artworks that critique and comment on American culture. The podcast discussion with Belcaster focuses on Jack Daniels Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, a trademark case currently pending before the Supreme Court. As he explains, MSCHF filed an amicus brief (available here: MSCHF SUPREME COURT AMICUS BRIEF.indd.) in the Supreme Court that, among other things, asked the Justices and their law clerks to draw pictures – and thereby create art. The purpose of the brief, according to Belcaster, is to illuminate the issues raised by Jack Daniels Properties and to persuade the Court to take a broad view of what constitutes protected artistic expression.
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Our guest today is John Belcaster.
John Belcaster
John Belcaster is the General Counsel of MSCHF. Previously he served as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of NextCapital, an investment advice and management platform, where he oversaw legal and regulatory matters. For nearly a decade, Belcaster worked in a small specialty law firm in Chicago. He also has served as an economics instructor in Chicago, where he earned international, national, and state recognition for his courses.
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