Fleurimond v. New York University

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

This case arises from the allegations by the plaintiff Ariel Fleurimond (“Fleurimond” or “the Plaintiff’) that she is the sole creator and copyright owner of “Orion”, a caricatured drawing of a cougar. On August 27, 2009, she commenced this action against New York University (“NYU” or “the Defendant”), alleging that it infringed upon her copyright by using and selling various items that bear the Orion design without her consent, in violation of the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq. Presently before the Court are the parties’…