Legal Opinion
Ideal Toy Corp. v. Kenner Products Division of General Mills Fun Group, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 27, 1977No. 77 Civ. 4375 (CHT)PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TENNEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Ideal Toy Corporation (“Ideal”) commenced this action in August of this year seeking a declaration that its production and distribution of certain toys — sold under the trademark “Star Team” — did not infringe any rights possessed by the defendants Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (“TCF”), producer of the film “Star Wars,” and Kenner Products Division of General Mills Fun Group, Inc. (“Kenner”), holder of a license from TCF to produce toys based on characters from the film. Plaintiff sought and obtained an order enjoining defendants from…
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- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
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