A federal judge in the United States has dismissed a lawsuit against Aritzia that accused the retailer of copying an artist’s work with hot pink, squiggle-shaped sculptures that appeared in stores in early 2023.
In his decision, Judge Jeffrey White said Richard X. Zawitz was trying to protect the style at the core of his art, known as Tangle sculptures, instead of a single fixed product protected under copyright law.
“Tangle claims copyright protection over an amorphous idea, effectively asking the Court to pin jelly to the wall,” the Northern District of California judge wrote in his decision last fall.
“Style, no matter how creative, is an idea, and is not protectable by
