A judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit filed by artist Michael A. Hayden against Jeff Koons, stating that Hayden waited too long to assert his copyright infringement claim. Hayden accused Koons of infringing on his sculpture in three works from the Made in Heaven series, dating back to the late 1980s. Despite the works' notoriety at the Venice Biennale, Hayden only discovered their use of his sculpture in 2019, leading to questions about the timeline of copyright awareness.
A judge ruled that Michael A. Hayden waited too long to claim copyright infringement against Jeff Koons over the artist's Made in Heaven series.
Hayden's suit claimed copyright infringement over three works from Koons's Made in Heaven series, featuring his sculpture as part of explicit depictions.
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