Legal Opinion
Orion Pictures Co., Inc. v. Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 5, 1979No. 79 Civ. 2310 (GLG)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOETTEL, District Judge:
The plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction presents an interesting question concerning the plaintiff’s motion picture, derived from a book, and the defendant’s paperback version of the book, published to exploit the publicity and interest generated by the movie.
A French author, Patrick Cauvin, published a book in French entitled “E = MC2, Mon Amour” (Éditions Jean Claude Lattés, 1977), which was apparently quite popular in Europe. As a result of the book’s success, it came to the attention of an American group headed by the plaintiff, Orion Pictures Company…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Polaroid Corporation v. Polarad Electronics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- McGregor-Doniger Inc. v. Drizzle Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Mushroom Makers, Incorporated v. R. G. Barry CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Allied Maintenance Corp. v. Allied Mechanical Trades, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- G. Heileman Brewing Company, Inc., and Miller Brewing Company, Cross-Appellants v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Cicena Ltd. And Cicena, Inc. v. Columbia Telecommunications GroupCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. v. UngerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Allen v. Men's World Outlet, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1988
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