Category: Andy Warhol v. Goldsmith

Supreme Court Takes on Copyright Infringement Case Involving Prince, Andy Warhol

A photographer who claims her intellectual property rights were violated by Andy Warhol’s eponymous foundation when it published multiple stylized prints he made based on her photo of the iconic musician Prince, urged the Supreme Court on Oct. 12 to make the foundation pay up. Warhol, a painter, print-maker, and multimedia artist, died in 1987 at age…


The Death of Intellectual Property? Andy Warhol Versus Lynn Goldsmith

Commentary The Supreme Court has been making a lot of controversial decisions lately, but one upcoming decision that could have a great impact on American innovation isn’t getting much press. The legal basis for U.S. intellectual property (IP) rights is found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The Founding Fathers believed that…