Judge Timothy Kelly, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Credit: Senate Judiciary Committee
The owners of the Gypsy Kitchen restaurant near the White House may have to pay damages and profits attributable to infringement for using a copyrighted portrait of a woman without permission, a federal judge found.
Southern Proper Hospitality Group (SPHG) and managing partner Chris Hadermann “exceeded the scope of the license with all their uses relating to Gypsy Kitchen’s D.C. location,” Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia wrote Wednesday in a memorandum opinion.
