Legal Opinion
Charles Atlas, Ltd. v. DC Comics, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 29, 2000No. 99 CIV. 4389(NRB)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BUCHWALD, District Judge.
Plaintiff Charles Atlas, Ltd. (“plaintiff’ or “Atlas”) brings this trademark infringement action against defendant DC Comics, Inc. (“defendant” or “DC”). Specifically, Atlas alleges that DC violated the unfair competition and trademark dilution provisions of the federal Lanham Act, 1 New York’s anti-dilution statute, 2 New York’s deceptive trade practices statute, 3 and state unfair competition common law, by using portions of a well known advertisement for Atlas’s bodybuilding courses in several of DC’s comic books. Now pending is defendant’s motion…
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