Photographer, Amici Ask High Court To Consider Photos’ Copyrightable Elements

Mealey's (January 18, 2019, 11:59 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 7 received briefs from two amici curiae supporting the petition for certiorari of a photographer who sued Nike Inc. over the purported infringement of his famous photograph of Michael Jordan, asking the high court to extend the copyright protection enjoyed by other art forms to photography (Jacobus Rentmeester v. Nike Inc., No. 18-728, U.S. Sup.)....