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Law Practice

Feb. 11, 2009

Creator of Iconic Obama Poster Claims Fair Use

Stanford Law School Professor Mark Lemley, along with colleague Anthony Falzone, filed a preemptive lawsuit Monday to stop the Associated Press from suing a Los Angeles artist whose iconic poster of President Barack Obama was based on a 2006 news photograph.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - A Los Angeles artist whose iconic poster of President Barack Obama was based on a 2006 Associated Press photograph tried in court Monday to block the news organization from filing a complaint for copyright infringement against his work.

Two Stanford Law School professors, Anthony Falzone and Mark Lemley, filed the lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment in favor of street artist Shepard Fairey...

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