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Dua Lipa files $15million lawsuit against Samsung for using her face to sell TVs
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Dua Lipa files $15million lawsuit against Samsung for using her face to sell TVs

NME·Laura Molloy·6 months ago
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Dua Lipa has filed a $15million (£11million) lawsuit against Samsung, alleging that they used her image to sell TVs.

A complaint filed in California on Friday (May 8) alleges that the electronic manufacturer used a photograph of Lipa on the cardboard packaging of its TVs, beginning last year, without paying her or seeking her permission.

The suit alleges that, when Lipa became aware of it, she demanded that the company stop using her image, to which the company were “dismissive and callous” and refused the request, per Variety .

“Ms. Lipa’s face was prominently used for a mass marketing campaign for a consumer product without her knowledge, without consideration, and as to which she had no say, control, or input whatsoever,” the lawsuit states. “Ms.…

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