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Legal Brief: Will the Kat Von D Tattoo Case Kill "Total Concept and Feel" Copyright Test?

By David Schonauer   Thursday January 29, 2026

Above: Kat Von D’s Instagram post

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In 2021, photographer Jeffrey Sedlik filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit accusing celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D of infringing on his copyright by using his 1989 photo of Miles Davis for a tattoo on her friend Blake Farmer—a tattoo, noted PetaPixel, that she …


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