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Published May 11, 2026, 12:44 PM EDT

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Pop star Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million suit against Samsung for using her photo on boxes of their Crystal UHD line of smart TVs.

The lawsuit alleges violation of Lipa’s “right of publicity,” as well as copyright and trademark infringement, and was filed Friday in California U.S. District Court for Central California.

Boxed in

The boxes are imprinted with an image from a backstage photo of Lipa at the 2024 Austin City Limits Music Festival that the lawsuit asserts Lipa owns the copyright to.

“Ms.…