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MATTEL INC. v. WALKING MOUNTAIN PRODUCTIONS

Nos. 01-56695, 01-57193.

353 F.3d 792 (2003)

MATTEL INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WALKING MOUNTAIN PRODUCTIONS, a California Business Entity; Tom Forsythe, an individual d/b/a Walking Mountain Productions, Defendants-Appellees. Mattel Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walking Mountain Productions, a California Business Entity; Tom Forsythe, an individual d/b/a Walking Mountain Productions, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian M. Pruetz (argued), Michael T. Zeller, Edith Ramirez and Enoch Liang, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Annette L. Hurst (argued), Douglas A. Winthrop and Simon J. Frankel, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, APC, San Francisco, California, and Peter J. Eliasberg, ACLU, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

Annette L. Hurst, Douglas A. Winthrop and Simon J. Frankel, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, APC, San Francisco, California, for non-party San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Before: Harry PREGERSON and Sidney R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and Louis F. OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.

Argued and Submitted March 6, 2003 — Pasadena, California.

OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.

In the action before us, Plaintiff Mattel Corporation asks us to prohibit Defendant artist Thomas Forsythe from producing and selling photographs containing Mattel's "Barbie" doll. Most of Forsythe's photos portray a nude Barbie in danger of being attacked by vintage household appliances. Mattel argues that his photos infringe on their copyrights,...

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