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Is 9th Circ.'s Copyright Test Doomed After Kat Von D Verdict?

By Ivan Moreno ( January 9, 2026, 7:57 PM EST) -- Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D's realistic tattoo of a famous Miles Davis photo on a friend's arm — and the jury ruling that it did not violate copyright law — could imperil a decades-old Ninth Circuit doctrine for assessing similarity between works, with potential review by a full panel of judges on the horizon....

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