Legal Opinion
Dan-Dee Imports, Inc. v. Well-Made Toy Mfg. Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 19, 1981No. 80 C 3409PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEAHER, District Judge.
Defendant (“Well-Made”) has moved to dismiss this copyright infringement action for want of subject matter jurisdiction because plaintiff (“Dan-Dee”) assertedly failed to comply with certain copyright registration and transfer recordation requirements with respect to its copyright in the Bunny Clip-on Doll, the work allegedly infringed.
More specifically, Well-Made contends first that the present action was improperly instituted in that registration of the copyright in issue, without which an “action for infringement shall [not] be instituted,” 17…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mathews v. DiazSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jimmy P. Davis, as of the Estate of Dallas D. Hardy, Jr., Deceased v. Piper Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Rebecca Reyher and Ruth Gannett v. Children's Television Workshop and Tuesday Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Epoch Producing Corp. v. Killiam Shows, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States ex rel. Atkins v. ReitenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Eden Toys, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Florelee Undergarment Co., Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Basic Books, Inc. v. Kinko's Graphics Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Wales Industrial Inc. v. Hasbro Bradley, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc. v. Drew Homes, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Weinstein Co. v. Smokewood Entertainment Group, LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009
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