Miles Davis Tattoo Trial to Wait for Supreme Court Warhol Ruling

A judge paused a photographer’s copyright suit against a tattoo artist over her tattoo of jazz legend Miles Davis in order to wait for the US Supreme Court’s anticipated Andy Warhol fair use ruling.

Photographer Jeffrey B. Sedlik’s suit against celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D over a 1989 picture she tattooed onto a colleague was set for trial in December in the US District Court for the Central District of California. But at a Monday motion hearing, Judge Dale S. Fischer stayed the case pending Andy Warhol Foundation v. Susan Goldsmith, which was argued before the high court ...