Raffoler, Ltd. v. Peabody & Wright, Ltd.

WEXLER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Raffoler, Ltd. (“Raffoler”), a mail order company which relies primarily upon printed advertisements to generate business, brings this action for copyright infringement against defendants Peabody and Wright, Ltd. and Helen White, Inc., other companies in the mail order industry, and against John Ihle and Goran Thulin, officers of both companies. Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that, since August 1986, defendants have repeatedly violated 17 U.S.C. § 501 by substantially copying plaintiff’s copyrighted advertisements. Plaintiff also asserts that defendants’…