Legal Opinion
Beastie Boys v. Monster Energy Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 4, 2014No. 12 Civ. 6065(PAE)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*427 OPINION & ORDER
PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge.
Between May 27 and June 5, 2014, the Court presided over a jury trial in which the hip-hop group the Beastie Boys and affiliated plaintiffs1 (collectively, the “Beastie Boys”) pursued claims against Monster Energy Company (“Monster”), the beverage company. The jury found in the Beastie Boys’ favor on both of their claims: for copyright infringement in violation of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., and false endorsement in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq. These claims arose out of Monster’s creation and…
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