Legal Opinion
FASA CORP. v. Playmates Toys, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 1, 1998No. 93 C 2445PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CASTILLO, District Judge.
This is the fourth and hopefully last opinion this Court will issue in this hotly contested copyright and trademark lawsuit. It is the Court’s sincere hope that this opinion, which addresses prevailing defendant Playmate Toys, Inc.’s (“Playmates”) request for attorneys’ fees against the losing plaintiffs, FASA Corporation and Virtual World Entertainment (“FASA”), will once and for all end this litigation, which involved the parties’ copyright and trademark rights to their respective robot-like battlefield characters and toys.
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2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Basf Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Old World Trading Company, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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