Legal Opinion

Hoch v. Mastercard International Inc.

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided September 19, 2003No. Civ.01-2104(JNE/JGL)PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ERICKSEN, District Judge.

This is an action by David Hoch and Joseph Marble (collectively, Plaintiffs) against MasterCard International Incorporated and McCann-Erickson USA, Inc. (collectively, Defendants) for copyright infringement and unjust enrichment. The case is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment. 1 For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are two life-long friends in their forties who share a love of baseball and, in particular, the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball team (Minnesota Twins). In 1998, they formed…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930

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3Cited by6 opinions

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