Legal Opinion
Wolstenholme v. Hirst
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 25, 2017No. 16 Civ. 4385 (JGK)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge:
This case concerns competing intellectual property claims to use replicas of pharmaceutical pills in jewelry. The plaintiff, Colleen Wolstenholme, brings this action against Damien Hirst and Other Criteria (US), LLC, alleging copyright infringement under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C- §§ 101 et seq. and the Canadian Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. CM2, s. 27, as well as state law claims of unfair competition and trade dress infringement. The plaintiff alleges that three pieces- of jewelry sold by the defendants, specifically two bracelets…
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