Billy Jacobs rights management company files copyright TRO lawsuit over illustrations; 122 stores named as defendants

The Art Gallery of Billy Jacobs, Ltd. filed a copyright TRO lawsuit over Billy Jacobs’s American country-style illustrations in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on October 8, 2026, involving 122 defendant stores. The case number is 2026-cv-12368. The article did not make clear whether the TRO had been approved by the court. The same plaintiff previously pursued claims over the same works on February 25, 2026, involving 135 defendants.