5th Circuit Agrees Art Education Company Did Not Infringe On Artist’s Work

(September 19, 2024, 1:50 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Texas federal judge rightly held that that a company selling art kits to students during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic did not infringe on an artist’s work by basing elements of the product on a series of dog paintings, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Sept. 18, determining that the fair use defense applied....