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Davidson: a postage stamp depicted the Las Vegas Liberty replica

Decision date · 29 June 2018

Context photograph: The original Statue of Liberty in New York, the model for the Las Vegas replica at issue.
Context photograph: The original Statue of Liberty in New York, the model for the Las Vegas replica at issue. William Warby · CC BY 2.0 · Resized

The dispute

The U.S. Postal Service used a photograph of Robert Davidson’s Las Vegas statue on a stamp.

The decision

The court found that the replica contained original expression and that the stamp use infringed Davidson’s copyright.

Source

Court of Federal Claims · 138 Fed. Cl. 159

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