Legal Opinion

O'KEEFE v. Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided December 4, 2008No. 06-cv-6278 (SHS)PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION & ORDER

SIDNEY H. STEIN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Thomas O’Keefe brings this action for copyright and trademark infringement and related state-law torts against defendants Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Inc. (“Ogilvy”), Dígitas, Inc. (“Dígitas”), and the American Express Company (“Amex”). The lawsuit arises out of the well known “My Life. My Card.” advertising campaign used to promote Amex credit cards and other products from 2004 to 2006. Amex hired advertising agencies Ogilvy and Dígitas to develop the campaign.

In his complaint, O’Keefe charges defendants with appropriating copyrighted…

2Cases cited41 opinions

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  2. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Polaroid Corporation v. Polarad Electronics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
  4. Patterson v. County of OneidaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
  5. Arnstein v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946

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