September 18, 2018
A California federal judge said Tuesday he can't determine whether a mural painted on a parking garage is a standalone work of art or part of the building under copyright law and so refused to let General Motors Co. escape from a copyright infringement suit accusing it of featuring the design in a Cadillac marketing campaign without permission.
January 23, 2018
The Swiss artist known as Smash 137 accused General Motors Co. of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed in California federal court on Monday, alleging that the carmaker featured one of his murals in a Cadillac marketing campaign without asking permission.