April 13, 2022
A New York federal judge has agreed to close a copyright suit lodged against model Emily Ratajkowski over the use of a paparazzo's image of her on her Instagram account, saying Wednesday the parties had inked a deal.
December 14, 2021
While Google's victory over Oracle at the U.S. Supreme Court made the biggest splash this year, appellate and district courts delivered a stream of noteworthy copyright decisions, including disputes over embedded Instagram posts and the "Friday the 13th" horror franchise. Here are Law360's picks for the top copyright rulings of 2021.
October 29, 2021
Nixon Peabody LLP lawyers asked a Manhattan federal judge on Thursday to recoup $77,000 they spent defending Emily Ratajkowski's company from a paparazzo's copyright lawsuit over a photograph the model posted to her Instagram feed.
September 29, 2021
A New York federal judge ruled Tuesday that model Emily Ratajkowski infringed a paparazzo's photograph of herself when she posted the image to her Instagram story, but also noted that it was still unclear whether the model's addition of a caption "transformed" the image.
October 29, 2020
Model Emily Ratajkowski is asking a New York federal judge to toss out a copyright lawsuit filed after she posted a paparazzi image of herself to Instagram, saying the case was brought with the aim of "extorting a settlement."
September 17, 2020
With the filing of a new copyright lawsuit this week, NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson became the latest celebrity to face a bizarre modern legal dilemma: being sued for posting an image of yourself to social media. Here are six more stars who got sued for the same thing.