Vondran Legal® Copyright Law - Here are Painting, Drawing and Graphic copyright fair use cases from the United States Copyright Office "Fair Use Index."
Fair Use Sample Summaries
| Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, No. CV 21-1102 (C.D. Cal. May 31, 2022) | 2022 | C.D. Cal. | Ninth Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph | Preliminary finding; Fair use not found |
| Viacom Int'l v. Pixi Universal, Civ. Action No H-21-2612 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 25, 2022) | 2022 | S.D. Tex. | Fifth Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Parody/Satire | Fair use not found |
| Easter Unlimited, Inc. v. Rozier, No. 18-cv-06637 (E.D.N.Y. Sep. 17, 2021) | 2021 | E.D.N.Y. | Second Circuit | Parody/Satire; Review/Commentary; Sculpture; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use found |
| Andy Warhol Found. for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, 19-2420-cv (2d Cir. Aug. 24, 2021) | 2021 | 2d Cir. | Second Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph; Unpublished | Fair use not found |
| Mattel, Inc. v. Entities Doing Bus. as Unicorn Element, 21 Civ. 2333 (VM) (S.D.N.Y. June 4, 2021) | 2021 | S.D.N.Y. | Second Circuit | Internet/Digitization; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use not found |
| Dr. Seuss Enters., L.P. v. ComicMix LLC, 983 F.3d 443 (9th Cir. 2020) | 2020 | 9th Cir. | Ninth Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Parody/Satire; Textual work | Fair use not found |
| Solid Oak Sketches, LLC v. 2K Games, Inc., No. 16-cv-724-LTS-SDA (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 26, 2020) | 2020 | S.D.N.Y. | Second Circuit | Computer program; Film/Audiovisual; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use found |
| Furie v. Infowars, LLC, Case No. 18-1830-MWF (JPRx) (C.D. Cal. May 16, 2019) | 2019 | C.D. Cal. | Ninth Circuit | Ninth Circuit; Internet/Digitization; Review/Commentary; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use not found; preliminary ruling |
| James Castle Collection and Archive, LP v. Scholastic, Inc. and Allen Say | 2017 | D. Idaho | Ninth Circuit | Ninth Circuit; Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Textual work | Fair use found |
| Dominick Ranieri v. Adirondack Dev. Group LLC, No. 1.11-cv-1013-GTS-CFH (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 22, 2016) | 2016 | N.D.N.Y. | Second Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Preliminary ruling, mixed result, or remand |
| Kennedy v. Gish, Sherwood & Friends, Inc., No. 4:13-cv-02236-JAR (E.D. Mo. Nov. 5, 2015) | 2015 | E.D. Mo. | Eighth Circuit | Photograph; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use found; mixed result |
| Cariou v. Prince, 714 F.3d 694 (2d Cir. 2013) | 2013 | 2d Cir. | Second Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph | Preliminary ruling, mixed result, or remand |
| Bouchat v. Balt. Ravens Ltd. P'ship, 737 F.3d 932 (4th Cir. 2013) | 2013 | 4th Cir. | Fourth Circuit | Film/Audiovisual; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use found |
| Seltzer v. Green Day, Inc., 725 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2013) | 2013 | 9th Cir. | Ninth Circuit | Film/Audiovisual; Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph | Fair use found |
| Morris v. Guetta, No. LA CV12-00684 JAK (RZX) (C.D. Cal. Feb. 4, 2013) | 2013 | C.D. Cal. | Ninth Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph | Fair use not found |
| Bouchat v. Balt. Ravens Ltd. P'ship, 619 F.3d 301 (4th Cir. 2010) | 2010 | 4th Cir. | Fourth Circuit | Education/Scholarship/Research; Film/Audiovisual; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Preliminary ruling, mixed result, or remand |
| Warren Publ'g Co. v. Spurlock, 645 F. Supp. 2d 402 (E.D. Pa. 2009) | 2009 | E.D. Pa. | Third Circuit | Education/Scholarship/Research; Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Textual work | Fair use found |
| Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 448 F.3d 605 (2d Cir. 2006) | 2006 | 2d Cir. | Second Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use found |
| Blanch v. Koons, 467 F.3d 244 (2d Cir. 2006) | 2006 | 2d Cir. | Second Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph | Fair use found |
| Compaq Computer Corp. v. Ergonome, Inc., 387 F.3d 403 (5th Cir. 2004) | 2004 | 5th Cir. | Fifth Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Textual work | Fair use found |
| Tiffany Design, Inc. v. Reno-Tahoe Specialty, Inc., 55 F. Supp. 2d 1113 (D. Nev. 1999) | 1999 | D. Nev. | Ninth Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph | Fair use not found |
| Columbia Pictures Indus., Inc. v. Miramax Films Corp., 11 F. Supp. 2d 1179 (C.D. Cal. 1998) | 1998 | C.D. Cal. | Ninth Circuit | Film/Audiovisual; Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Parody/Satire | Fair use not found |
| Ringgold v. Black Entm't Television, Inc., 126 F.3d 70 (2d Cir. 1997) | 1997 | 2d Cir. | Second Circuit | Film/Audiovisual; Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph | Fair use not found |
| McGowan v. Cross, 991 F.2d 790, Nos. 92-1480, 92-1584 (4th Cir. Apr. 22, 1993) | 1993 | 4th Cir. | Fourth Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use found |
| Arica Inst., Inc. v. Palmer, 970 F.2d 1067 (2d Cir. 1992) | 1992 | 2d Cir. | Second Circuit | Education/Scholarship/Research; Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Review/Commentary; Textual work | Fair use found |
| Wojnarowicz v. Am. Family Ass'n, 745 F. Supp. 130 (S.D.N.Y. 1990) | 1990 | S.D.N.Y. | Second Circuit | News reporting; Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Textual work | Fair use found |
| Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Moral Majority, Inc., 796 F.2d 1148 (9th Cir. 1986) | 1986 | 9th Cir. | Ninth Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Review/Commentary; Textual work | Fair use found |
| Haberman v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., | 1986 | D. Mass. | First Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic; Photograph; Review/Commentary | Fair use found |
| DC Comics Inc. v. Reel Fantasy, Inc., 696 F.2d 24 (2d Cir. 1982) | 1982 | 2d Cir. | Second Circuit | Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Preliminary ruling, mixed result, or remand |
| Warner Bros., Inc. v. Am. Broad. Cos., Inc., 654 F.2d 204 (2d Cir. 1981) | 1981 | 2d Cir. | Second Circuit | Film/Audiovisual; Parody/Satire; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Preliminary ruling, mixed result, or remand |
| Walt Disney Prods. v. Air Pirates, 581 F.2d 751 (9th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1132 (1979) | 1978 | 9th Cir. | Ninth Circuit | Parody/Satire; Painting/Drawing/Graphic | Fair use not found |
Courtesy of copyright.gov fair use index.
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