RUSHTON COMPANY v. F. W. WOOLWORTH CO.


135 F.Supp. 317 (1955)

The RUSHTON COMPANY, a limited partnership, suing by Mary Phillips Rushton, its sole general partner, Plaintiff, v. F. W. WOOLWORTH CO., Bijou Toys, Inc., Dreamland Doll, Inc., Plastiplate Co., Inc. and Sam Richman, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

October 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bondy & Schloss, New York City, Eugene L. Bondy, Bertram Braufman, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Schwartz & Frohlich, New York City, Arthur H. Schwartz, Lawrence C. Gibbs, New York City, of counsel, for defendants F. W. Woolworth Co. and Bijou Toys, Inc.

Morsch & Wieboldt, Jamaica, N. Y., Edwin G. Morsch, Jamaica, N. Y., of counsel, for defendant Dreamland Doll, Inc.

Skadden, Arps & Slate, New York City, Joseph H. Flom, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Sam Richman.


HERLANDS, District Judge.

This is a motion for a preliminary injunction to restrain the five defendants from allegedly infringing plaintiff's copyrighted chimpanzee doll, known as "Zippy."

The motion is denied as to Bijou Toys, Inc. and F. W. Woolworth Co. The motion is granted as to Sam Richman, Dreamland Doll, Inc. and Plastiplate Co. Inc. This disposition of the motion is predicated upon the findings and conclusions set forth in this opinion. Fed. Rules...

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