Sarl Louis Feraud International v. Viewfinder Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

GERARD E. LYNCH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought these actions to enforce default judgments they had obtained against defendant in a French court. This Court dismissed the action, finding that enforcing the judgment would violate New York’s public policy because defendant’s actions were protected by the First Amendment, Sarl Louis Feraud, Int’l v. Viewfinder Inc., 406 F.Supp.2d 274 (S.D.N.Y.2005) (‘Feraud I”). The Court of Appeals vacated and remanded, instructing this Court to consider first, whether the defendant’s actions would 'be protected by the fair use doctrine…