Legal Opinion
Toho Co., Ltd. v. William Morrow and Co., Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided April 6, 1998No. CV 98-0925 DT (VAPx)PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
TEVRIZIAN, District Judge.
Background
Plaintiff Toho Co., Ltd. (“Toho” or “Plaintiff’) brings this action against Defendant William Morrow and Company, Inc. (“Morrow” or “Defendant”) alleging various causes of action for alleged infringement of Toho’s intellectual property rights in the fictional character “Godzilla,” and subsequent derivative works based thereon.
Toho is a Japanese corporation and motion picture studio with its principal place of business in Tokyo, Japan. Complaint, ¶ 2. William Morrow is alleged to be a New York…
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