iCanvas, Retailers Settle Suit Over Biggie Smalls Products

The owner of hip-hop artist Biggie Smalls’ intellectual property rights agreed to drop copyright and trademark infringement claims against iCanvas Inc. and several major retailers.

Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, dismissed the case without prejudice in a Wednesday order after the parties reached a settlement. Notorious B.I.G. LLC, the legal entity for Biggie Smalls’ IP rights, and the photographer who took the iconic 1997 portrait of the artist just three days before his death alleged in February that iCanvas sold products and used content in marketing materials that infringed Biggie ...