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Mixed ruling in Walmart copyright appeal could prompt big box store rethink

By Melissa Ritti ( June 20, 2025, 13:40 GMT | Insight) -- The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week left intact a jury verdict that Walmart Inc. and Wal-Mart.com USA are directly liable for infringing the copyrighted sculptural work of a homemaker-entrepreneur. The decision should give pause to big box stores like Target and Sears who, like Walmart, supplement their online presence with third-party, drop-ship vendor-supplied products — a burgeoning cost-savings measure purportedly adopted by almost a third of all e-tailers.A divided US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week refused to undo an award of $75,000 in damages to Roxana Russell in her copyright case against Walmart Inc. and Wal-Mart.com USA (Walmart, collectively)....

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