Legal Opinion
Cabell v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 25, 2010No. 09 Civ. 1610(WHP)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
WILLIAM H. PAULEY, III, District Judge:
Plaintiff Robert W. Cabell (“Cabell”) brings this action for copyright infringement and unfair competition against Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (“Sony”), Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (“Columbia”), Pulse Advertising, Inc. (“Pulse”), Happy Madison, Inc. (“HM”), Adam Sandler (“Sandler”), Robert Smigel (“Smigel”), and Judd Apatow (“Apatow” and, collectively, “Defendants”). Cabell claims that the film You Don’t Mess With the Zohan and its marketing materials infringed copyrights in works featuring Jayms Blonde (“Blonde”), a…
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