UK's Supreme Court Rules Against George Lucas Over Stormtrooper Helmet Design Lawsuit

Like we’ve been saying for the past couple of days, it’s a week full of closures to high-profile lawsuits. We’ve very nearly reached the end of the week, so let’s continue, shall we? The legal battle that started more than seven years ago between filmmaker George Lucas‘ company Lucasfilm and designer Andrew Ainsworth has finally come to something of an end, though we’ll believe it’s finally over when we see it. After winning a $20 million copyright infringement suit in the US against Ainsworth for selling replicas of the iconic Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets (which he himself had originally helped design), the company took