A.V.E.L.A., INC. v. ESTATE OF MARILYN MONROE, LLC

No. 12 Civ. 4828(KPF).

131 F.Supp.3d 196 (2015)

A.V.E.L.A., INC., Plaintiff, v. The ESTATE OF MARILYN MONROE, LLC, et al., Defendants. The Estate of Marilyn Monroe, LLC, Counterclaimant, v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc., Counter-Defendant, Leo Valencia, IPL, Inc., X One X Movie Archives Inc., V. International Fine Arts Publishing, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed September 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ray Adele , Anaheim, CA, for Plaintiff.

Paul Wendell Garrity , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, Tamar Y. Duvdevani , DLA Piper U.S. LLP, New York, NY, Gina I. Durham , DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, Michael Bergman , Mbergman Law, Century City, CA, Gregory Goodheart , Goodheart Law, West Hills, CA, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

This litigation is but another skirmish in a long-running war over the intellectual property rights inhering in deceased celebrities — here, Marilyn Monroe. Plaintiff A.V.E.L.A., Inc. ("AVELA") preemptively filed a complaint against the Estate of Marilyn Monroe, LLC...

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