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WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS v. AIR PIRATES

Nos. 75-3116, 75-3243.

581 F.2d 751 (1978)

WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The AIR PIRATES et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Stepanian (argued), A. Kirk McKenzie, (argued) of Michael Kennedy Law Firm, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Frank D. Tatum, Jr. (argued) of Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, CUMMINGS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the admitted copying of plaintiff Walt Disney Productions' ("Disney") cartoon characters in defendants' adult "counter-culture" comic books. The present defendants are three individuals and two business entities operated by them.1 The complaint alleges that they infringed Disney copyrights, a Disney trademark and engaged in unfair competition, trade disparagement and interference with Disney...

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