Native Northwest, an Indigenous wholesaler, has filed a lawsuit against Bruce and Fiona Fearon of Sasquatch Gifts & Souvenirs in Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., for “copying, using, and selling” Francis Horne Sr.’s Sasquatch design without permission. https://globalnews.ca/news/9863415/lawsuit-indigenous-art-theft-precedent/ #IndigenousIP #cdnpoli
Group sues after Indigenous artist’s designs ‘taken,’ sold in gift shop
Native Northwest has filed a lawsuit with the support of Coast Salish artist Francis Horne Sr. alleging his art was 'taken' and sold in a gift shop without his permission.Haley Lewis (Global News)
