Legal Opinion
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2002No. Nos. 00-55009, 00-55229, 00-55537 and 00-55538PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment as to its claims of trademark infringement, unfair competition, and breach of contract against Terri Welles; Terri Welles, Inc.; Pippi, Inc.; and Welles’ current and former “webmasters,” Steven Huntington and Michael Mihalko. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm in part and reverse in part.
In a separate memorandum disposition, we resolve Welles’ cross-appeal of the district court’s grant of summary judgment as to her counterclaims for defamation,…
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