Legal Opinion
Photographic Illustrators Corp. v. Orgill, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 4, 2019No. Civil Action No. 14-11818-PBSPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Patti B. Saris, Chief United States District Judge
INTRODUCTION
This copyright dispute involves photographs of lighting products, like light bulbs. Plaintiff Photographic Illustrators Corporation ("PIC"), a Massachusetts company specializing in commercial photography, licensed photographs to Osram Sylvania, Inc. ("OSI") of lighting products that OSI manufactures and sells. Defendant Orgill, Inc. is a distributor of OSI products and uses some of these images in its online and print marketing materials. PIC brought claims against Orgill under the Copyright Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright…
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