jack pierson vs. barneys

One of the faked Piersons in Barneys, photo from TimeOut I just read in TimeOut this morning about the legal battle between artist Jack Pierson (or really the gallery who represents him, Cheim & Read) and Barneys (namely the Creative Director, Simon Doonan, who claims to have never heard of Jack Pierson, and that the store's visual displays that directly copy the artist's word sculptures are