Legal Opinion
A.V.E.L.A., Inc. v. Estate of Marilyn Monroe, LLC
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 13, 2017No. 12 Civ. 4828 (KPF)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge:
This Opinion is the latest installment of a multi-party, multi-claim, and multi-year intellectual-property dispute. What began in 2012 as a declaratory-judgment action has transmogrified into a sprawling conflict raising issues of trademark, antitrust, and state business law. And at the center of this controversy is one of the most iconic entertainers of the twentieth century: Marilyn Monroe.
In A.V.E.L.A., Inc. v. Estate of Marilyn Monroe, LLC, 131 F.Supp.3d 196 (S.D.N.Y. 2015) ("AVELA I”), this Court granted in part the motions of X One…
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