Legal Opinion
Pasillas v. McDonald's Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1991No. 89-55602PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Pasillas appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in his copyright infringement action in favor of defendants McDonald’s Corporation, McDonald’s Operator Association of Southern California, Inc., Davis, Johnson, Mogul and Colombat-to, Inc., Bob Hickson, and Steve Neill (collectively “McDonald’s”). Pasillas, creator of a copyrighted mask depicting the man in the moon, alleged that McDonald’s infringed his copyright by employing a similar mask in an advertising campaign featuring a series of “Mac Tonight” television commercials. The district court found…
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