Legal Opinion
Hasbro Bradley, Inc. v. Sparkle Toys, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 17, 1985No. 202, Docket 85-7302PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
The companies involved in this copyright case in the District Court for the Southern District of New York are Takara Co., Ltd. (“Takara”), a Japanese company that designed the toys here in question; plaintiff Hasbro Bradley, Inc. (“Hasbro”), a large American toy manufacturer and seller that acquired Takara’s rights to United States copyrights for the toys; and defendant Sparkle Toys, Inc. (“Sparkle”), a smaller American toy manufacturer and seller that copied the toys in Asia from models manufactured by Takara which did not carry the copyright notice required by § 401…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Turoso v. Cleveland Municipal CourtSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Apple Computer, Inc., a California Corporation v. Franklin Computer Corporation, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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