Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15m, alleging her photo has been selling its TVs without permission since 2025

The complaint says a backstage shot from the 2024 Austin City Limits Festival ended up on Crystal UHD packaging in retail and online channels worldwide, and that Samsung ignored her cease-and-desist requests.

Dua Lipa filed a $15 million federal lawsuit against Samsung Electronics on Friday, alleging that the company has been using a 2024 photograph of her on the packaging for its Crystal UHD televisions since 2025 without her permission and without any agreement to pay her for the use.

The image, according to the complaint, was taken backstage at the 2024 Austin City Limits Festival. It shows the singer in close-up, recognisable to the millions of fans who have made her one of the most photographed pop musicians of the decade.

Samsung began shipping the photograph on cardboard boxes for its Crystal UHD line in 2025 and continues to do so. The suit was filed in the Central District ...