NATIONAL LAMPOON, INC. v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COS., INC.

No. 74 Civ. 646.

376 F.Supp. 733 (1974)

The NATIONAL LAMPOON, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., et al., Defendants.

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

April 1, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coudert Bros. by Gordon T. King, New York City, for defendants.

Botein, Hays, Sklar & Herzberg by Harry I. Rand, New York City, for plaintiff.


FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

BRIEANT, District Judge.

Plaintiff filed its complaint in this action on February 7, 1974, seeking a permanent injunction against defendants' use of the word "Lampoon," alone or in combination with other words, (1) as a title for a "pilot" television program of humor and entertainment, presently scheduled to be telecast on April 5, 1974 by defendant American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (hereinafter "ABC"), and also (2) to enjoin...

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