lawsuit
Nikon sued for patent infringement in Coolpix P900 and A1000
Jun 29, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Digimedia Tech LLC has recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nikon. The company alleges that Nikon has appropriated three of its patents, which have…
Volvo being sued by photographer and model over ad campaign copyright infringement
Jun 16, 2020
John Aldred
This is an interesting one. It’s not uncommon these days for companies to feel they can just take that which does not belong to them…
“No, you can’t embed posts on your website without permission”, says Instagram
Jun 5, 2020
John Aldred
Well, this is a shocker. Image sharing platform Instagram has weighed in on the whole embedding thing after a second case has arisen involving post…
Photographer sues Microsoft for $150,000 for using her photos without permission
Jun 1, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Photographer Matilde Gattoni has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft over alleged copyright infringement. According to the lawsuit, Microsoft used Gattoni’s photos in an article on…
Disney and CBS sued over alleged sexual misconduct of Criminal Minds DP
May 28, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Gregory St. Johns, Criminal Minds Director of Photography, has been accused of sexual misconduct. Multiple crew members spoke up against him, and now California’s Department…
Jennifer Hudson sued for $175,000 after posting a photo of herself to Instagram
May 21, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Many celebrities have been sued for posting a photo of themselves without permission. Now it’s Jennifer Hudson’s turn. The famous actress and singer posted a…
Tennessee: Shooting creepy photos of women ruled legal because it was done in public
May 18, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A 40-year-old-man who was following women and photographing them was recently freed from all charges despite the fact that he pointed his camera at their…
Autel Robotics wins patent suit over DJI – Calls for stop of sale and import of most DJI drones
May 18, 2020
John Aldred
Autel Robotics USA has won a pretty major victory over competing drone manufacturer DJI. The suit claimed that many of DJI’s consumer drones have been…
Instagram’s moral imperative: Make image embedding optional
Apr 16, 2020
Allen Murabayashi
The past few years have made it abundantly clear that platforms hold disproportionate power in the online sphere – from Uber to Grubhub to Amazon….
New York federal court rules website did not breach copyright by embedding Instagram post
Apr 15, 2020
John Aldred
Professional photographer, Stephanie Sinclair has had her copyright infringement case against Mashable dismissed in a New York federal court. Sinclair is not just some random…