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The British singer (30) filed the lawsuit against the electronics giant on Friday, alleging that Samsung used a picture of her face to sell TVs without getting her permission or offering her any payment.<\/p>\n
\u201cMs Lipa\u2019s face was prominently used for a mass marketing campaign for a consumer product without her knowledge, without consideration, and as to which she had no say, control, or input whatsoever,\u201d the filing alleges.<\/p>\n
\u201cMs Lipa did not allow and would not have allowed this use.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the complaint, Samsung allegedly began putting Lipa\u2019s image on marketing materials and cardboard boxes carrying its TVs all over the world at the start of last year.<\/p>\n
Lipa owns the copyright to the picture in question, which was taken backstage at the Austin City Limits Festival in 2024.<\/p>\n
When Lipa found out about the advertising, she asked Samsung to stop using the picture, but the suit alleges that the company was \u201cdismissive and callous\u201d and refused her request.<\/p>\n
The suit alleges that Samsung has earned money from using Lipa\u2019s picture and appearing to have her endorsement, which it does not.<\/p>\n
\nI wasn\u2019t even planning on buying a tv but I saw the box so I decided to get it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The filing includes comments from Lipa\u2019s fans on X, which suggest that some customers were inspired to buy Samsung\u2019s TVs because they thought Lipa had endorsed the product.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t even planning on buying a tv but I saw the box so I decided to get it,\u201d one comment quoted in the complaint said.<\/p>\n
Another wrote on Instagram: \u201cI\u2019d get that TV just because Dua Lipa is on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lipa\u2019s lawsuit accuses Samsung of copyright infringement, right of publicity violation and false endorsement.<\/p>\n
The superstar is seeking at least $15m in damages, as well as the profits that Samsung made due to its alleged use of her image.<\/p>\n
Lipa\u2019s team alleges that Samsung violated California\u2019s right of publicity law, a federal Lanham Act claim and trademark claims, which protect celebrities from their public identities being used for unauthorised commercial reasons.<\/p>\n
Samsung and Lipa\u2019s representatives did not immediately respond to The Independent<\/span>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time that the singer has had to protect her image in a court case.<\/p>\n
Last year, Lipa won a lawsuit against two songwriters who claimed she copied the melody of her hit song Levitating<\/span> from disco tracks they had written.<\/p>\n
Songwriters L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer sued Lipa in 2022 and accused her of copying their 1979 track Wiggle and Giggle All Night<\/span> and their 1980 song Don Diablo<\/span>. <\/p>\n
However, the judge concluded that the similar elements of the songs \u201clacked sufficient originality alone\u201d to be protected under copyright law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n
\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.ie \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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