Background information

Larry Philpot is a freelance concert photographer who photographed musician Willie Nelson and made these photographs available under a Creative Commons License. Philpot alleged that Denver Dispensary infringed his copyright by publishing, copying, and displaying the photographs on their website, https://marijuanaediblesdenver.com, without proper attribution to Philpot and his website. Philpot sought actual damages, interest, reasonable attorney’s fees, and statutory damages.

Case summary

In August 2020, the parties settled and filed a notice of settlement. The stipulation of dismissal by plaintiff was filed on 08/31/2020 and the case was terminated on the same date.