Legal Opinion
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Dumas
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 9, 1993No. 91 Civ. 6268 (CHT)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
TENNEY, District Judge.
-Plaintiffs Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (“PEI”) and Special Editions, Ltd. (“SEL”) are Delaware corporations having their principal places of business in Chicago, Illinois (hereinafter, collectively “Playboy”). They bring this action seeking a declaratory judgment that PEI is the sole owner of all right, title, and interest in all copyrights of approximately 285 works of art created by Patrick Nagel which appeared in PEI’s publication, Playboy, between 1974 and 1984. SEL is a wholly owned subsidiary of PEI to which PEI has transferred its rights, if any,…
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