Photographers Neil Zlozower and Barry Levine, represented by Sanders Law Group, allege that the 1980s band used the photographers’ exclusive photos of the group’s “Final Tour,” without permission, to sell merchandise online and at concerts.
Blabbermouth.net.
The viral feline brand alleges that LA-based Grenade Beverage breached the companies’ licensing agreement, and used Grumpy Cat’s image to sell roasted coffee, T-shirts, and other products, without authorization.
By Chris O’Brien. VentureBeat.
Gossip Cop was hit with a nearly $18,000 judgment, after a U.S. federal court ruled that the commercial entertainment site used two companies’ celebrity photos without permission.
By Jack Greiner. The Cincinnati Enquirer.
www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2016/08/05/greiner-column-strictly-legal/88283040
A federal appeals court sustained the award for Philadelphia photographer Andrew Paul Leonard, after a dietary supplements company used Leonard’s stem cell photographs, without permission, 92 times.
By David Walker. Photo District News.
Zuma, represented by Sanders Law Group, sues Getty for illegally licensing and profiting from over 47,000 of Zuma’s sports photos.
By Cyrus Farivar. Ars Technica.
By Andrew Chung. Reuters.
LA photojournalist Todd Bigelow, represented by Sanders Law Group, sues Fox for using Bigelow’s Mexican border photo, in a news article, without permission.
By Tobias Burns. The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/fox-news-sued-use-mexico-915435
New Jersey wedding photographer Neil Clipper, represented by Sanders Law Group, sues Reality Tea for using Clipper’s wedding photo of Teresa and Joe Giudice on Reality’s site without permission.
TMZ.
www.tmz.com/2016/07/27/teresa-joe-giudice-wedding-photographer-lawsuit
New York-based photographer Glen Craig, represented by Sanders Law Group, sues American blues legend B.B. King’s estate and Universal Music Group for infringing on Craig’s exclusive photographs of King.
By the Associated Press. Billboard.
www.billboard.com/articles/news/7431254/bb-king-estate-universal-music-sued-by-photographer
Photographer J.C. Rice, represented by Sanders Law Group, claims that Cox used his photo of a formerly missing Columbia University student, without permission or credit, on the radio station giant’s websites.
By Adam Goldstein. The SPLC.
London-based photographer Alex Masi, represented by Sanders Law Group, claims that the company willfully infringed on his photo, in a Yahoo news article.
By Alexis Kramer. Bloomberg BNA.
