Sedlik

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JEFFREY B. SEDLIK, an individual, No. 24-3367 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:21-cv-01102-

DSF-MRW

v.

KATHERINE VON

DRACHENBERG, an individual; OPINION AKA Kat Von D; KAT VON D, INC., a California corporation; HIGH VOLTAGE TATTOO, INC., a California corporation,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 14, 2025 Pasadena, California

Filed January 2, 2026

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Salvador Mendoza, Jr., and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam Opinion; Concurrence by Judge Wardlaw; Concurrence by Judge Johnstone

SUMMARY *

Copyright

The panel affirmed the district court’s judgment after a jury trial in favor of Katherine Von Drachenberg and her tattoo parlor, High Voltage Tattoo, in an action brought under the Copyright Act by Jeffrey Sedlik, alleging infringement of his copyright in a photograph of Miles Davis. The jury found that six allegedly infringing works—a tattoo, a sketch, and four social media…