Legal Opinion
Powers v. Caroline's Treasures Inc.
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided April 10, 2019No. CV-17-03923-PHX-SMBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Susan M. Brnovich, United States District Judge
At issue is Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 43, "Mot."). Plaintiff responded to the motion (Doc. 53, "Resp."), and Defendants replied. (Doc. 60). For the reasons that follow, Defendants' motion is denied in part and granted in part.
I. Background
Suzanne Powers ("Powers" or "Plaintiff") created 56 drawings entitled "Dogs of the West aka Dog Country" in 1997 and 1998. In 2002, Powers entered into an agreement with Caroline Treasure's, Inc. ("CTI") to license these works for use on CTI's products for two years (the "2002…
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