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Pop prima and Barbie character Dua Lipa is suing Samsung Electronics for $15M, alleging nan tech elephantine utilized her image to waste TV sets without permission.
The complaint, revenge connected Friday successful nan California national court, alleges Samsung featured Lipa prominently connected nan broadside of cardboard boxes containing tv sets sold crossed nan U.S..
Allegations agelong from copyright infringement, trademark infringement and misappropriation of Lipa’s likeness and image.
The alleged image successful mobility was taken backstage astatine a capacity astatine nan Austin City Limits philharmonic festival, which Lipa’s lawyers opportunity is owned wholly by their client. Using nan pic is alleged to person enabled South Korea-based Samsung to boost income done a seeming endorsement.
Lipa alleges she was wholly unaware of her quality connected nan boxes until June 2025. Her ineligible squad pointed to 2 circumstantial societal media posts from her fans that noted they would acquisition nan sets acknowledgment to her image connected nan box, and others dubbed nan tv nan ‘Dua Lipa TV Box.’
Several reports noted Lipa’s ineligible squad made a number of “cease and desist” demands to Samsung, which were allegedly ignored.
A rep for Samsung said nan institution would not beryllium commenting owed to ongoing ineligible proceedings.
Lipa is simply a Grammy-winning singer, whose hits see ‘Levitating’ and ‘Don’t Start Now.’ She has moved into acting complete caller years, pinch a portion arsenic Mermaid Barbie successful Greta Gerwig’s Barbie her astir notable role. In March, we revealed she’d been formed successful A24 drama Peaked, which Molly Gordon is directing.
We’re reached retired to Lipa’s lawyers for comment.
