Legal Opinion
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. v. X One X Productions
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 1, 2016No. 15-3728PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
X One X Productions, A.V.E.L.A., Inc., Artr-Nostálgia.com, Inc., and Leo Valencia (collectively, “AVELA”) appeal a permanent injunction prohibiting them from licensing images from the films Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, as well as the animated short films featuring cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. The district court 1 issued the permanent injunction after granting summary judgment in favor of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Inc., and Turner Entertainment Co. (collectively, “Warner”) on their claim that AVELA infringed their…
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