29 March 2021CopyrightRory O'Neill

‘Judges can’t play art critic’, warns 2nd Circ over Prince image

A US federal appeals court has ruled that Andy Warhol’s “Prince Series”, featuring modified images of the late pop star, infringed a photographer’s copyright and did not qualify as fair use.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

Andy Warhol Prince ruling ‘unsurprising’, say lawyers

3 July 2019 A ruling that a series of illustrations of late musician Prince by artist Andy Warhol are transformative and do not infringe a photographer’s copyright followed previous arguments made by the courts, said lawyers.

Trademarks

Prince estate steps up efforts to register purple TM

13 May 2019 The estate of the late singer Prince has filed a 430-page submission to the US Patent and Trademark Office outlining the musician’s association with the colour purple.

Google v Oracle invalidates Prince judgment, says Warhol foundation

26 April 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation wants a US federal court to revisit a decision finding that the late artist’s series of Prince images infringed a photographer’s copyright.

On our radar...

Penn State prevails in trademark dispute with Vintage Brand over retro logos

Google: Ex-engineer ‘touted dominion over the trade secrets he stole’

OpenAI faces first copyright suit in India over alleged scraping of news content

‘Trade secrets can be emotional’: Seth Gerber, Morgan Lewis

Private equity eyes controlling interest in Anaqua

Motorola can’t enforce ‘multiple’ US Hytera damages in UK

UK firms Venner Shipley and AA Thornton combine

‘Judges can’t play art critic’, warns 2nd Circ over Prince image

More on this story

Editor's picks

Editor's picks

More articles