Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., Petitioner v. Lynn Goldsmith, et al.

  1. August 12, 2022

    Justices Urged To Clarify Fair Use Through Warhol Art IP Row

    The head of the American Bar Association's copyright division said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court should establish a clear standard for fair use in a copyright battle over Andy Warhol artwork based on a photo of musician Prince, arguing it's a chance for the court to spell out what counts as a transformative work.

  2. July 21, 2022

    Copyright & TM Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2022

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a fair use case over Andy Warhol's portraits of the music icon Prince, and federal courts are grappling with the first wave of lawsuits involving non-fungible tokens. Here are the top copyright and trademark cases to keep an eye on in the second half of 2022.

  3. June 10, 2022

    Justices Told 'Cramped' Warhol Copyright Ruling Hurts Artists

    The Andy Warhol Foundation on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Second Circuit's ruling that found pop artist Andy Warhol's artwork didn't make fair use of a photo of music legend Prince, saying that the appeals court's "cramped" reading of what makes a work transformative will harm the art world and the creation of future works.

  4. March 28, 2022

    Warhol Case Appeal Reignites Fair Use Debate After Google

    A copyright dispute over the late artist Andy Warhol's prints of the music icon Prince was picked up by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, and attorneys say the case offers the justices a chance to clarify the fair use test after their Google v. Oracle ruling last year.

  5. March 28, 2022

    High Court To Consider Warhol Copyright Ruling

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the Second Circuit's decision that Andy Warhol's artwork didn't make fair use of a photo of music legend Prince, following a petition that argued that the high court needs to clarify a circuit split on what makes a work transformative.

  6. March 21, 2022

    Justices Skip $420M Secrets Suit, 'Candy Colors' Fight & More

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down appeals covering a broad range of intellectual property disputes, including Epic Systems Corp.'s appeal of the Seventh Circuit's punitive damages cap in a $420 million trade secrets case, and one involving the limits of trademark functionality in a clash over candy-colored dental products.

  7. January 12, 2022

    Barbara Kruger Asks Justices To Mull Warhol Fair Use Ruling

    American conceptual artist Barbara Kruger is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to look into the Second Circuit's decision that found Andy Warhol's artwork didn't make fair use of a photo of music legend Prince, saying that such works are "far from lacking creativity."

  8. December 09, 2021

    Supreme Court Urged To Reverse Warhol Copyright Ruling

    A copyright battle over a decades-old series of Andy Warhol prints of music legend Prince has reached the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Warhol's foundation arguing that the high court has "repeatedly made clear" that a work can be transformative when it conveys a different meaning from the preexisting work.