Legal Opinion
Lego A/S v. Best-Lock Construction Toys, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 20, 2012No. 3:11-CV-1586 (CSH)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO JOIN ADDITIONAL PARTIES
HAIGHT, Senior District Judge:
This is an action brought principally under the Copyright Act, with pendent state law claims. The copyrighted artifacts are manufactured plastic toys called “minifigures,” designed to be attachable to construction blocks forming part of the toy. Plaintiffs and Defendant compete in global markets for the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of minifigures. Plaintiffs allege that minifigures made by Defendant infringe Plaintiffs’ copyrights on minifigures they make. Defendant responds that…
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- Pdk Labs, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Mitchell K. Friedlander, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
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