Legal Opinion
Dam Things From Denmark, A/K/A Troll Company Aps v. Russ Berrie & Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 14, 2002No. 01-4422PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
We consider this case on an expedited appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The parties to this appeal, Dam Things from Denmark, a/k/a Troll Company ApS (together “Dam Things”), and Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. (“Russ”), are purveyors of trolls — short, pudgy, plastic dolls with big grins and wild hair. Dam Things, a Danish company, asserts that its copyright in its original troll design, the “Basic Good Luck Troll,” has been restored pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 104A. Section 104A is a highly unusual provision…
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