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Croak v. Saatchi & Saatchi

Croak v. Saatchi, 174 F.Supp.3d 829 (S.D.N.Y. 2016).

Précis
The similarity between sculptor James Croak’s mixed-media sculpture depicting a taxidermied horse with wings bursting out of the roof of a car and a 2014 advertising campaign Saatchi & Saatchi created for the Toyota Rav4, which featured a pegasus-unicorn hybrid stuffed animal strapped on top of the Rav4, led to this federal copyright infringement case filed by the sculptor.






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