A motion to dismiss has been filed by attorneys representing Cher in a copyright infringement case filed against her by celebrated graphic designer Moshik Nadav for artwork/graphics on the cover of Closer To The Truth. The 2013 dance-centric album, Cher’s twenty-fifth studio release, was a critical and financial success, selling more than 500,000 units. Although typeface and fonts themselves cannot be copyrighted, font software can be copyrighted, and allegations of font software infringement have dogged big media companies for years. Interestingly, Nadav’s complaint includes allegations relating to font software and accuses two of the defendants of copying font software to copy original elements in Nadav’s logos. However, the complaint tacitly acknowledges that Nadav did not secure copyright registration (or an official copyright registration rejection) for the software prior to filing the lawsuit; a prerequisite for bringing suit for those allegations.

Source: Forbes March 09, 2017 00:53 UTC