LOS ANGELES – On December 15, 2022, following a three-day trial, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California returned a verdict of $1.175 million in damages in favor of a photographer represented by The Law Firm of Higbee & Associates. The defendant, Bird B Gone Inc, is a manufacturer  →

A defendant embedding a copyrighted image on a webpage without hosting it on their servers may infringe the copyright holder’s display rights, according to a recent court ruling.  Two freelancers who wrote articles for a publicly accessible website dedicated to science fiction movies included embedded links to Star Wars-related photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz. The  →

The copyright division of The Law Firm of Higbee & Associates celebrated its 10th anniversary today. The division, launched in 2014, represents a wide range of copyright holders and assists with copyright registration, enforcement, contract negotiation, and business management. “Thank you to the artists, agencies, and publishers who trust us to help protect their work.  →

Higbee & Associates won a significant legal victory for photographer Tamara Williams in the Western District of Texas, Austin Division.   Ms. Williams filed a lawsuit against JW Sanders PLLC, a prominent medspa in Austin, Texas operating as Rejuvenate Austin, and its owner, Jessica Sanders, for using two of Ms. Williams’ copyrighted beauty portrait photographs without  →