Category: lawsuit

Lily Robotics sued by San Francisco district attorney’s office

Dunja Djudjic

We’re still in shock after hearing that Lily Robotics is shutting down, but apparently this isn’t all. The crash of the Lily Drone is even worse than we imagined. They are also facing a lawsuit by San Francisco district attorney’s office for false advertising and unfair business practices. And apparently, their promotional video was not […]

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Woman sues Chipotle for using her photo without a release, asking $2.2 billion

Dunja Djudjic

Dear photographers, please always have people sign model releases if you plan to sell photos of them. Let this recent lawsuit against Chipotle Mexican Grill can be a reminder for you. Leah Caldwell was enjoying her meal at a Chipotle restaurant in 2006 when a photographer Steve Adams took a photo of her. She didn’t know […]

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GoPro threatning to sue action camera accessory makers

John Aldred

It almost feels like GoPro have gone into some kind of self-destructive downward spiral. Since hitting their peak near the end of 2014, GoPro’s share prices have taken plunge after plunge. They received a little bump with the announcement of the Karma, which immediately dropped back down after the recall was announced. Now, it seems, […]

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US District Court dismisses Carol Highsmith’s $1 billion copyright claim against Getty

John Aldred

Although some quite enjoyed the idea of seeing Getty get a good legal spanking for once, that is not how things are turning out. US District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff has dismissed all of Carol Highsmith’s federal copyright claims. After the dismissal on October 28th, he left three of Highsmith’s state law claims intact. Those, […]

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Canon USA v. Get It Digital Case Dismissed

Eric Reagan

It’s been quite some time since I reported an update in Canon USA’s attack on gray market retailers. A few things have happened since then, including the dismissal of Canon’s case against the ebay seller Get It Digital. If you aren’t up to speed on the Canon USA v. Gray Market Retailer cases, check out […]

Mötley Crüe sued by photographers over merchandise image rights

John Aldred

Recently retired Mötley Crüe are being sued by legendary rock photographers Barry Levine and Neil Zlozower. Their work was  slapped on all kinds of merchandise from photographers sickers, flags, and even baby onesies. Their claim is that the band did not have the rights to use images that were on merchandise being sold during their farewell […]

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Getty faces second mass Copyright lawsuit alleging infringement of over 47,000 photos

John Aldred

Getty Images seem to be having a tough time lately. After recently being hit with a $1 billion lawsuit by photographer Carol Highsmith, they are being sued again. The nine page civil complaint was filed by Zuma Press, an independent press agency, on Monady. In the suit, Zuma alleges copyright violations and unauthorised licensing of more […]

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Model Mayhem headed back to court, accused of not protecting their users, as new papers are filed

John Aldred

The case of Jane Doe No. 14 v. Internet Brands, Inc. is one that many were following with great interest, and Internet giants like eBay and Facebook told the court that the lawsuit would have a “chilling effect” on the Internet. While what happened to Doe was tragic, she felt that Model Mayhem were responsible for not warning […]

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Canon v. Gray Market Retailers Update: Motion to Dismiss

Eric Reagan

In the ongoing saga of Canon’s attempt to shut down a couple of high profile gray market retailers, the Get It Digital lawsuit moves into the discovery phase, while F&E Trading files a Motion to Dismiss for one of the parties that Canon is after. As a brief recap, Canon USA filed suit against Get It […]

Gray Market War: Is the Writing on the Wall?

Eric Reagan

We are continuing to dig into Canon USA’s case against gray market retailers here in the US. Specifically, Canon is targeting popular gray market retailers Get It Digital, LLC, All New Shop, LLC and F & E Trading, LLC (aka Big Value, Inc., Electronics Valley and others) as they cut into Canon USA’s profit margin by importing […]