Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million.
Dua Lipa is suing Samsung over TV packaging
The Do not Begin Now pop star has filed a lawsuit in California alleging the electronics large used her picture on packaging for the businesses TVs with out permission with the singer claiming she owns the copyright to the picture – taken backstage on the Austin Metropolis Limits Pageant in Texas in 2024 – which featured on the containers of the Crystal 43in ultra-high- definition units.
Within the lawsuit, which was filed on the US District Courtroom for the Central District of California on Friday (08.05.26), Lipa’s legal professional Christine Lepera wrote: “Samsung used a copyrighted picture of Ms. Lipa with out authority or licence and prominently featured it on the entrance of containers containing Samsung-manufactured televisions for retail sale …
“The substantial income made on the sale is inextricably tied to the false message conveyed to customers that Ms. Lipa has endorsed the Infringing Merchandise when she has not.”
The Solar newspaper experiences Samsung “ignored a number of authorized warnings from [Dua Lipa’s] workforce” about using the image.
The publication added Dua Lipa is asking for no less than $15million in damages.
Within the lawsuit, Lepera added the Radical Optimism star is “extremely selective in her business partnerships” after placing offers with firms together with Puma, Versace, and Yves Saint Laurent, whereas she has additionally labored with manufacturers similar to Apple, Porsche, Chanel and Nespresso.
The information comes as Dua – who lately topped Warmth journal’s annual Beneath 30 Wealthy Listing with an estimated £129 million fortune – is claimed to be busy planning her marriage ceremony to actor Callum Turner after he proposed final 12 months.
The singer subsequently revealed she’s been feeling “happier than ever” since getting engaged. Talking to Harper’s BAZAAR journal’s world ICONS Difficulty, Dua shared: “I really like love. It’s a stunning factor. It is a actually inspiring factor. You end up so intensely falling on a regular basis in one of the best ways doable.
“That vulnerability is so scary, however I really feel so fortunate to get to really feel it. I’ve spent loads of time being guarded or defending my coronary heart, and so I am letting go of that feeling and simply being like, ‘Okay, if I am speculated to get harm, then that is what is going on to occur.’ I’ve to simply enable love.”
