Nirvana lawsuit over Dante’s Inferno art belongs in U.K., L.A. court says

(Reuters) – The band Nirvana escaped claims for now that it misused a U.K. artist’s map of hell depicting Dante’s “Inferno” on its merchandise, after a Los Angeles federal court found the case should be heard in the United Kingdom.

U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer on Thursday dismissed the case and said the U.K. was a more appropriate forum for the copyright claims brought by British citizen Jocelyn Bundy over the pioneering grunge rockers’ alleged use of her grandfather’s British art.

Bundy’s attorney Inge De Bruyn of Modo Law said she was disappointed in the ruling and was considering an appeal.

Nirvana’s label Universal Music Group and attorney Mark Lee of Rimon didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did Live Nation Merchandise, which Bundy had accused of selling infringing products, or its attorney Zia Modabber of Katten Muchin Rosenman.

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