Legal Opinion
Wales Industrial Inc. v. Hasbro Bradley, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 3, 1985No. 85 Civ. 2049 (EW)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
This action centers about the validity and alleged infringement of copyrights in a popular new series of convertible robot toys known as “The Transformers,” fantasy action figures that can be transformed by manipulation from robots into dinosaurs and other forms. The series, which includes some seventy different figures, is manufactured in Japan by Takara Co., Ltd. (“Takara”), not a party to the action, and is distributed in the United States by defendant Hasbro Bradley, Inc. (“Hasbro”) under an exclusive sales license granted by Takara and its American…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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