Legal Opinion
Kournikova v. General Media Communications, Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided May 2, 2003No. CV 02-3747 GAFPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON LANHAM ACT CLAIM OF THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
FEESS, District Judge.
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INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Anna Kournikova, the popular and internationally-known women’s tennis player, brings suit against General Media Communications, Inc. (“GMC”) for publishing in Penthouse Magazine partially nude photographs of another woman falsely identified as Kournikova. Kournikova claims that the display of these falsely identified photographs constitutes false advertising and false endorsement under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act. GMC now moves for summary…
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