And in other Hy-Vee news, there is a "Christopher Williams" angle:
Hy-Vee claims lawsuit over mural in ad is invalid
Tyler Jett
Des Moines Register |USA TODAY NETWORK
A Hy-Vee lawyer says an artist can’t sue the grocery chain because he doesn’t actually own a mural he painted in Des Moines that the company used in a Super Bowl ad.
Answering a February lawsuit filed against Hy-Vee in U.S. District Court, an attorney for the grocer wrote that artist Christopher “CAW” Williams signed over ownership of the mural at Sixth and College avenues to a nonprofit group in 2018.
According to a contract Hy-Vee submitted in court this week, the neighborhood development group 6th Avenue Corridor agreed to pay Williams $3,000 for the painting. The contract stipulates that the nonprofit would own the painting upon payment but does not assign copyright of the image — which is generally considered legally separate from a physical piece of art itself.
Instead, the contract says 6th Avenue Corridor may not “copyright, reproduce or merchandise images” of the mural without Williams’ written consent.