Further to this article from April, about Lucasfilm's suit against Andrew Ainsworth of Shepperton Design Studios over copyright infringement for Ainsworth's sale of Star Wars storm trooper outfits, there is now a ruling. High Court judge anthony Mann has issued what is basically a split decision: he ruled that Ainsworth did violate Lucasfilm's US copyrights by selling the helmets to customers in the US. However, he also ruled that, in Britain, the English copyrights had expired. Further, Mann refused Read more [...]