Legal Opinion

The Crescent Publishing Group, Inc. v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Doing Business as Playboy Magazine

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 27, 2001No. Docket 00-7810PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STRAUB, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant The Crescent Publishing Group, Inc. (“Crescent”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Nicholas J. Tsoucalas, Judge, of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation), ordering it to pay, pursuant to section 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 505 (“section 505”), the attorneys’ fees of De fendant-Appellee Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (“PEI”).

Crescent brought suit under the Copyright Act, alleging that PEI infringed one of its photographs. After Crescent…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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