Photographer Asks High Court To Define Protectable Elements Of Photographs

Mealey's (February 25, 2019, 1:20 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a copyright infringement lawsuit centering on pictures of Michael Jordan, a photographer tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a Feb. 20 reply brief supporting his petition for certiorari, that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in declining to find elements of a photograph that reflect creative judgment to be protected by copyright law (Jacobus Rentmeester v. Nike Inc., No. 18-728, U.S. Sup.)....