Legal Opinion
Paulsen v. Personality Posters, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 14, 1968PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarry B. Frank, J.
The plaintiff, Pat Paulsen, a well-known television performer and comedian, moves for a preliminary injunction to enjoin defendant, Personality Posters, Inc., “ from marketing, selling and otherwise dealing in a commercial poster embodying a photograph of the Plaintiff which poster was derived from an unpublished photograph of the Plaintiff which is owned by the Plaintiff. ’ ’ Defendant corporation is in the business of marketing posters of various personalities throughout the United States.
The photograph involved indeed bespeaks the nature of plaintiff’s occupation louder than the proverbial…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. v. Random House, Inc. And John KeatsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Gautier v. Pro-Football, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Haelan Laboratories, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
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