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OPINION AND ORDER SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge: I. INTRODUCTION Lexington Insurance Company (“Lexington”), National Union Fire Insurance *542Company of Pittsburgh, PA (“National Union”), American International Underwriters Insurance Company (“AIU”), and Chartis Specialty Insurance Company (“Chartis”) (collectiv

OPINION AND ORDER SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION The Brooklyn photographer Bernard Belair brings this action against the California corporation MGA Entertainment, Inc., alleging that MGA’s Bratz line of dolls unlawfully infringes on a copyrighted image that he created for a Steve Madden shoe advertisement. MGA has moved for summary judgment. Because no reas

782 F.Supp.2d 911 (2011) MATTEL, INC., v. MGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and Consolidated Actions. Case No. CV 04-9049 DOC (RNBx). United States District Court, C.D. California. January 5, 2011. *940 David M. Stern, Kevin E. Deenihan, Matthew C. Heyn, Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, John B. Quinn, Randa A.F. Osman, Rory S. Mille

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO DISMISS COUN- . TERCOMPLAINT MARGARET M. MORROW, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE UMG Recordings, Inc., Capital Records, LLC, Universal Music Corp. (the “record company plaintiffs”), Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc., Universal-Polygram International Tunes, Inc., Universal Music-MGA NA, LLC, Universal Music-Tunes, LLC, and Rondor Music

OPINION TROTT, Circuit Judge: This is a copyright infringement suit over a seven-second clip of Ed Sullivan’s introduction of the Four Seasons on The Ed Sullivan Show. Appellees Dodger Productions, Inc. and Dodger Theatricals, Ltd. (collectively “Dodger”) used the clip in their musical about the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys,

THIS OPINION IS A PRECEDENT OF THE TTAB Mailed: August 17, 2007 PTH UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________ Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ________ In re MGA Entertainment, Inc. ________ Serial No. 76

CHIN, Circuit Judge: *307 [[Image here]] In 1972, the Marvel Comics Group published a comic book featuring the “Ghost Rider” — a motorcycle-riding superhero with supernatural powers and a flaming skull for a head. The issue — which sold for twenty cents — told the story of Johnny

DUR-A-FLEX, INC. v. SAMET DY (SC 20821) (SC 20823) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Ecker, Alexander and Elgo, Js. Syllabus Pursuant to statute (§ 35-51 (b) (2) (B) (iii)), ‘‘misappropriation’’ of a trade secret is defined in relevant part as the ‘‘use of a trade secret of another without express or implied consent by a person who . . . at th

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ADIDAS AMERICA, INC., a Delaware No. 16-35204 corporation; ADIDAS AG; ADIDAS INTERNATIONAL MARKETING B.V., a D.C. No. foreign entity, 3:15-cv-01741- Plaintiffs-Appellees, HZ v. OPINION SKECHERS USA, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

BENJAMIN H. SETTLE, United States District Judge This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Crawl Space Cleaning Pros, Inc.'s ("CSCP") motion for summary judgment or partial summary judgment. Dkt. 39. The Court has considered the pleadings filed in support of and in opposition to the motion and the remainder of the file and hereby denies the motion in part, grants the motion in part, and reserves ruling and requests supplementa

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DESIRE, LLC, a California limited No. 17-56641 liability company, Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-04295- v. DMG-JEM MANNA TEXTILES, INC., a New York corporation; A.B.N., INC., DBA OPINION Wearever, Inc., a New York corporation; TOP FASHION OF N.Y., INC., a New York c

*34 Opinion SIMONS, J. Trade secret protection “ ‘promotes the sharing of knowledge, and the efficient operation of industry,’ ” by “ ‘permitting] the individual inventor to reap the rewards of his labor by contracting with a company large e

(1) GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF MARKETQUEST'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT [ECF No. 205]; (2) DENYING DEFENDANT BIC CORP.'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT [ECF No. 216]; AND (3) GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS BIC USA AND NORWOOD'S MOTION

Jennifer A. Dorsey, United States District Judge Las Vegas-based singer and songwriter Alisa Apps sues Universal Music Group, Inc. (UMGI), Island Records, and the songwriters John Newman and Steve Booker for copyright infringement, alleging that the song "Love Me Again"-sung by Newman-is a copy of her song "Need to Know." UMGI moves for summary judgment, arguing that Apps has not presented sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury

719 F.Supp.2d 1115 (2009) AURORA WORLD, INC., Plaintiff, v. TY INC., Defendant. Case No. CV 09-08463 MMM (Ex). United States District Court, C.D. California. December 15, 2009. *1121 Raymond B. Kim, Vincent Henry Chieffo, Wendy M. Mantell, Courtney J. Chai, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Robert L. Meylan, Shaunt T. Arevian, Murphy Rosen

*137 DECISION AND ORDER DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge. INTRODUCTION “In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.” —George Bernard Shaw On earth, apparently, things are much different. In the mundane world of copyright law, an angel — or at least the image of one — can be very much “particular.” This case c

669 F.Supp.2d 1235 (2009) PREDATOR INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Colorado corporation, Plaintiff, v. GAMO OUTDOOR USA, INC., a Florida corporation, Defendant. Civil Action No. 09-cv-00970-PAB-KMT. United States District Court, D. Colorado. October 22, 2009. *1239 John M. Cogswell, Cogswell Law Offices, P.C., Buena Vista, CO, Abby C. Mos

(2007) Carter BRYANT, Plaintiff, v. MATTEL, INC., Defendant. and Consolidated Actions. Nos. CV 04-09049 SGL, CV 04-09059 SGL, CV 05-02727 SGL. United States District Court, C.D. California. June 27, 2007. ORDER RE MOTIONS HEARD ON JUNE 11, 2007 STEPHEN G. LARSON, District Judge. Presently before the Court is a multitude of motions filed by a

131 F.Supp.2d 495 (2001) Gary J. MISSIGMAN, Plaintiff, v. USI NORTHEAST, INC. and The Zurich American Insurance Company, Defendants. No. 99 Civ. 4763(CM). United States District Court, S.D. New York. February 7, 2001. *496 *497 *498

Justice KIRSHBAUM delivered the Opinion of the Court. The defendants-appellants/cross-appellees, the City of Colorado Springs and the members of the Colorado Springs City Council (the defendants), appeal portions of a summary judgment entered by the El Paso County District Court declaring that two provisions of Colorado Springs Ordinance No. 92-159 (the Ordinance) and a related provision of the 1980 Colorado Sp