No. 21-869
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith, et al.
Tags: artistic-intent copyright copyright-law fair-use judicial-interpretation meaning message second-circuit source-material transformative transformative-work
Latest Conference:
2022-03-25
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a work of art is "transformative" when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material (as this Court, the Ninth Circuit, and other courts of appeals have held), or whether a court is forbidden from considering the meaning of the accused work where it "recognizably deriv[es] from" its source material (as the Second Circuit has held).
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a work of art is transformative when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material
Docket Entries
2023-06-20
Judgment issued.
2023-05-18
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Jackson, J., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., joined.
2022-10-12
Argued. For petitioner: Roman Martinez, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C.; and Yaira Dubin, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus
curiae.)
2022-09-28
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
2022-09-07
Reply of petitioner The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amici curiae of Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice and Intellectual-Property Professors filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Jeffrey Sedlik, Professional, Photographer and Photography Licensing Expert filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Digital Media Licensing Association filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Prof. Zvi S. Rosen filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Senator Marsha Blackburn filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Guy A. Rub filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amici curiae of Photographers Gary Bernstein and Julie Dermansky filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amici curiae of The Recording Industry Association of America and The National Music Publishers Association filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amici curiae of California Society of Entertainment Lawyers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Committee for Justice filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Terry Kogan filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Publishers filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-15
Brief amici curiae of American Society of Media Photographers, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-12
Brief amicus curiae of Philippa S. Loengard filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-12
Brief amici curiae of Graphic Artists Guild, Inc. and American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-11
Brief amici curiae of Professors Peter S. Menell, Shyamkrishna Balganesh, and Jane C. Ginsburg as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents filed. (Distributed)
2022-08-08
Brief of respondents Lynn Goldsmith, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-07-21
CIRCULATED
2022-06-27
The record from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit has been electronically filed.
2022-06-22
Record requested from the 2nd Circuit.
2022-06-17
Brief amici curiae of Copyright Law Professors filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amici curiae of The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, et al. filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amici curiae of Documentary Filmmakers filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amicus curiae of Copyright Alliance in support of neither party filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amicus curiae of Floor64, Inc. d/b/a The Copia Institute filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amici curiae of Authors Guild, Inc., et al. in support of neither party filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amicus curiae of The Motion Picture Association, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amici curiae of Art Institute of Chicago, et al. in support of neither party filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amicus curiae of Authors Alliance filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amici curiae of Library Futures Institute, et al. in support of neither party filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in suppoprt of neither party filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amicus curiae of Art Professor Richard Meyer in support of neither party filed.
2022-06-17
Brief amici curiae of Artists, et al. filed.
2022-06-16
Brief amicus curiae of Art Law Professors filed.
2022-06-15
Brief amicus curiae of Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. filed.
2022-06-14
ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, October, 12, 2022.
2022-06-10
Joint appendix (Volumes I and II) filed. (Statement of cost filed)
2022-06-10
Brief of petitioner The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. filed.
2022-05-04
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 10, 2022. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 8, 2022.
2022-05-02
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
2022-05-02
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Lynn Goldsmith, et al.
2022-04-18
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2022-03-28
Petition GRANTED.
2022-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2022-02-23
Reply of petitioner The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2022-02-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-04
Brief of respondents Lynn Goldsmith, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-01-12
Brief amici curiae of The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, and Brooklyn Museum filed.
2022-01-12
Brief amici curiae of Art Law Professors filed.
2022-01-10
Brief amici curiae of Barbara Kruger and Robert Storr filed.
2022-01-10
Brief amici curiae of Copyright Law Professors filed.
2021-12-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 11, 2022.
2021-12-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 12, 2022 to February 11, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-12-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 12, 2022)
Attorneys
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Lauren Beth Emerson — Leason Ellis LLP, Amicus
American Society of Media Photographers, Inc.
Thomas Blake Maddrey — Amicus
Art Institute of Chicago, et al.
Simon James Frankel — Covington & Burling LLP, Amicus
Art Law Professors
Mark A. Lemley — Durie Tangri LLP, Amicus
Art Professor Richard Meyer
Jonathan Yates Ellis — McGuireWoods LLP, Amicus
Association of American Publishers
Dale M. Cendali — Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Amicus
Authors Alliance
Erik Robert Stallman — Amicus
Authors Guild, Inc., News Media Alliance, Sesame Workshop, Inc., Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Garden Communicators International
Barbara Kruger and Robert Storr
California Society of Entertainment Lawyers; National Society of Entertainment & Art Lawyers; Bob Gomel; Dana Ruth Lixenberg; Bob Gruen
Scott Alan Burroughs — Doniger / Burroughs, Amicus
Committee for Justice
John Michael Reeves Jr. — Reeves Law LLC, Amicus
Copyright Alliance
Susan J. Kohlmann — Jenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Copyright Law Professors
Rebecca Leah Tushnet — Harvard Law School, Amicus
Digital Media Licensing Association
Documentary Filmmakers
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P.
Electronic Frontier Foundation and Organization For Transformative Works
Floor64, Inc. d/b/a The Copia Institute
Catherine Rachel Gellis — Attorney at Law, Amicus
Graphic Artists Guild, Inc. and American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice and Intellectual-Property Professors
Jeffrey Sedlik
Matthew Hersh — Attorney at Law, Amicus
Library Futures Institute, The Software Preservation Network, The EveryLibrary Institute, The American Library Association, The Association of College and Research Libraries, and The Association of Research Libraries
Kyle Kenneth Courtney — Harvard University, Amicus
Lynn Goldsmith, et al.
Lisa Schiavo Blatt — Williams & Connolly LLP, Respondent
New York Intellectual Property Law Association
Philippa S. Loengard
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Lawrence Jay Spiwak — Amicus
Photographers Gary Bernstein and Julie Dermansky
David Leichtman — Leichtman Law PLLC, Amicus
Prof. Zvi S. Rosen
Professor Guy A. Rub
Professor Terry Kogan
Professors Peter S. Menell, Shyamkrishna Balganesh, and Jane C. Ginsburg as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents
Peter S. Menell — University of California, Amicus
ROYAL MANTICORAN NAVY: THE OFFICIAL HONOR HARRINGTON FAN ASSOCIATION, INC.
Remy Green — Cohen&Green P.L.L.C., Amicus
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Danielle S. Van Lier — SAG-AFTRA, Amicus
Senator Marsha Blackburn
Thomas Michael Johnson Jr. — Wiley Rein LLP, Amicus
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Roman Martinez V — Latham & Watkins, LLP, Petitioner
The Motion Picture Association, Inc.
The Recording Industry Association of America and The National Music Publishers Association
Frank Phillip Scibilia — Pryor Cashman LLP, Amicus
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, et al.
Jaime Ann Santos — Goodwin Procter LLP, Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Amicus