A jury awarded the amount to Grumpy Cat Limited, after Grenade Beverage, LLC used the cat's image on roasted coffee products, without permission. By Michael Zhang. PetaPixel. https://petapixel.com/2018/01/25/grumpy-cat-wins-710000-copyright-infringement-lawsuit...
Continue readingProfessional artists create their work for a living, and should always be fairly compensated, as this article points out. By Michael Zhang. PetaPixel. https://petapixel.com/2015/10/06/when-a-pulitzer-prize-winning-photographer-is-asked-for-free-photos...
Continue readingKaren Anvil's image of the royal siblings, together with their significant others, smiling directly at the camera, offers a lesson as to why it's so important to protect your copyrights. By Megan Fisher. BBC News. www.bbc.com/news/uk-42480224...
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Jim Olive employs a unique legal strategy to compel the University of Houston to adequately compensate him for the use of his photo. By L.M. Sixel. Houston Chronicle. https://www.chron.com/business/article/Photographer-tries-novel-legal-strategy-to-get-UH-12478745.php#photo-11609865...
Continue readingThe bath and kitchen manufacturer claims that an unauthorized retailer marketed its copyrighted images without permission. By Arthur Thomas. BizTimes Media. www.biztimes.com/2017/industries/law/kohler-suing-online-retailer-essential-hardware-for-copyright-infringement...
Continue readingIn the first 6 months of 2017, the social media giant took down nearly 3 million posts, in response to intellectual property complaints. By Paresh Dave. Reuters. www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-transparency/facebook-reveals-data-on-copyright-and-trademark-complaints-idUSKBN1EC2MZ...
Continue readingPhotographer and creative artist Katie Thierjung, and two companies, allege that the fashion designer used their designs without permission. By Isaac Kaplan. Artsy. www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artist-sues-marc-jacobs-copyright-infringement...
Continue readingBulgarian-born artist Gianfranco Gorgoni claims that the museum and an artist misappropriated Gorgoni's copyrighted photos of an iconic California fence, in an exhibition. By Jonathan Stempel. Reuters. www.reuters.com/article/us-art-smithsonian-christo/smithsonian-christo-stole-credit-from-top-photographer-lawsuit-says-idUSKBN1DL2E4...
Continue readingSara Pope dismisses case against the reality TV star and several producer co-defendants, for promoting Pope's famed lips photo, without permission. By Nancy Dillon. New York Daily News. www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/kylie-jenner-settles-suit-artist-claims-copied-work-article-1.3583108...
Continue readingSarah Baley claims that the pharmaceutical company used her registered photos in marketing materials and online, without permission or compensation. Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review. www.lifesciencesipreview.com/news/allergan-sued-over-images-used-in-marketing-materials-2445...
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