Topic: Andrew Ainsworth

Designer wins battle of Star Wars helmet

A prop designer on Wednesday struck back against the Star Wars empire, winning a court battle against US film company boss George Lucas over his right to sell replica Stormtrooper helmets.Lawyers for Andrew Ainsworth, who helped make the original helmets for ...

British designer wins battle of Star Wars helmet

A British prop designer on Wednesday struck back against the Star Wars empire, winning a court battle against US film company boss George Lucas over his right to sell replica Stormtrooper helmets.Lawyers for Andrew Ainsworth, who helped make the original helmets ...

UK man wins fight to make "Stormtrooper" helmets

LONDON (Reuters) - A British prop designer who makes replicas of the menacing Stormtrooper helmets featured in Star Wars films won a legal battle Wednesday against director George Lucas, who took him to the High Court in 2008 over copyright infringement.The Supreme ...

George Lucas Lawsuit

George Lucas ' Lucasfilm , is suing Andrew Ainsworth, the costume designer responsible for creating the famous Stormtrooper uniform for Lucas' Star Wars movies, for a reported ?10m. Ainsworth resides in Twickenham, West London Originals were sold to Lucas for ?35 Star Wars merchandising ...

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The folks at Lucasfilm, creators of the "Star Wars" franchise, took the designer of the original Stormtrooper costume to court in the UK and had their light sabers thrust right back at them.. According to London's Times, Andrew Ainsworth, the man ...
Empire strikes back as Lucasfilm renews court battle over rights to 'Star Wars' costumesThe George Lucas empire struck back Tuesday against a British prop designer who sold replicas of the iconic Stormtrooper uniforms from the " Star Wars" movies.Designer Andrew Ainsworth has ...

Costume designer strikes back in Star Wars IP rights test case

The article reports on the court battle between British law firms SimmonsCooperAndrew and Harbottle Lewis concerning the intellectual property (IP) rights to the stormtrooper costumes from the Star Wars films. SimmonsCooperAndrew represents for Andrew Ainsworth, creator of the stormtrooper helmets and armor ...
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Star Wars court battle set for sequel

There were some epic battles in the Star Wars saga -- and the stormtrooper fight at London's High Court showed no sign of stopping Thursday.Star Wars director George Lucas's production company Lucasfilm is suing prop designer Andrew Ainsworth -- who made ...