Legal Opinion
Belair v. MGA Entertainment, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 16, 2011No. 09 Civ. 8870 (SAS)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 reasonable trier of fact could find that any of the Bratz dolls are substantially similar to the figures depicted in Belair’s copyrighted image, MGA’s motion is granted.
II. BACKGROUND
In the late 1990s, Belair created a series…
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