Globe Communications Corp. v. R.C.S. Rizzoli Periodici, S.P.A.

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

Defendant R.C.S. Rizzoli Periodici, S.p.A. (“Rizzoli”) moves this Court pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. We deny Rizzoli’s motion.

Facts

Plaintiff Globe Communications Gorp. (“Globe”) publishes the weekly magazine Globe, which is sold throughout the United States and Canada. In May 1984, Rizzoli, a large international publisher based in Italy, published an article in its Italian language magazine Novella 2000 entitled “CAT STEVENS: ENOUGH OF MUSIC, NOW I JUST WANT TO BE AN AYATOLLAH!” (translated from the…