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Decisions

Playboy Enterprises v. Dumas

January 1, 1998

960 F. Supp. 710 (S.D.N.Y. 1997), aff’d in part, rev’d in part and remanded, 159 F.3d 1347 (2d Cir. 1998)

In 7 year litigation successfully represented widow of artist Patrick Nagel who won ownership in trial and on appeal of more than half of 338 copyrights at issue for paintings reproduced in Playboy magazine in 1974-84 period.More

Henri Bendel, Inc. v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

January 1, 1998

25 F. Supp. 2d 198, 48 U.S.P.Q.2d 1948 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)

We obtained summary judgment dismissing claims by Henri Bendel that
green and white striped cosmetic bags that were otherwise essentially copies of
Henri Bendel’s signature brown and white striped cosmetic bags infringed
plaintiff’s trade dress in those bags.More

Lynch Jones & Ryan v. Standard & Poor’s

January 1, 1998

1998 N.Y. Misc., 47 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1759 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1998)

We established the continuing viability of protection against “hot news” misappropriation of time sensitive financial data and products under New York State law. More

JR Tobacco of America, Inc. v. Davidoff of Geneva (CT), Inc.

February 13, 1997

1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1501 (S.D.N.Y. February 13, 1997)

The court granted the motion for summary judgment we filed on behalf of
Davidoff, a maker of premium cigars. JR used Davidoff’s trademarks in
advertising for “JR Alternative” cigars, which JR claimed duplicated
famous brands.More

Carillon Importers v. Frank Pesce Int’l Group

January 1, 1997

913 F. Supp. 1559 (S.D. Fla. 1996), aff’d, 112 F.3d 1125 (11th Cir. 1997) (S.D. Fla. 1997)

We obtained a preliminary injunction in a trade dress infringement case
brought by the U.S. importer of STOLICHNAYA CRISTALL vodka.

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National Basketball Association v. Motorola

January 1, 1997

939 F. Supp. 1071 (S.D.N.Y. 1996), rev’d, 105 F.3d 841 (2d Cir. 1997)

We successfully tried the NBA’s “hot news” misappropriation claim arising out of defendants’unauthorized transmissions on an AOL online site and via a Motorola hand-held beeper product (the “Sports Trax”) of game statistics on a real-time basis,More

Cordon Art B.V. v. Walker

April 9, 1996

40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1506 (S.D.Cal. 1996)

We successfully brought the first case under the Uruguay Round GATT amendments to the US Copyright Act to stop unauthorized copying of the works of Dutch artist, M.C. Escher, for which U.S. copyright protection had been restored.More

Murray v. British Broad. Corp.

January 1, 1996

81 F. 3d 287 (2nd Cir. 1996)

We represented the BBC in securing dismissal for forum non conveniens of an action for copyright infringement and unfair competition brought in US against the BBC by a British subject with respect to BBC television character “Mr.More

EFS Marketing, Inc. v. Russ Berrie & Co.

January 1, 1996

76 F.3d 487 (2d Cir. 1996)

We successfully represented the Russ Berrie defendants who were sued for violation of plaintiff’s alleged “trade dress” rights in a line of troll dolls based upon the original Dam troll doll for which copyright protection was lost in 1965 due to publication without copyright notice.More

Hormel Foods Corp. v. Jim Henson Productions, Inc.

January 1, 1995

36 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1812 (S.D.N.Y. 1995), aff’d., 73 F.3d 497 (2d Cir. 1996)

In one of the more humorous decisions in recent memory, we successfully established the rights of the Muppets to poke fun at “SPAM” luncheon meat by naming a wild boar Muppet character “Spa-am”More

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