WALES INDUS. INC. v. HASBRO BRADLEY, INC.

No. 85 Civ. 2049 (EW).

612 F.Supp. 510 (1985)

WALES INDUSTRIAL INC., Plaintiff, v. HASBRO BRADLEY, INC., Defendant, and Benny P. Lueng, Sheila Lieberman, Lieberman & Rosen Associates, Inc. d/b/a Lieberman & Associates, James Knilans d/b/a Knilans & Associates, and Glacier Enterprises Co. Ltd., Additional Defendants on the Counterclaims.

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

July 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lilling & Greenspan, White Plains, N.Y., Ballon, Stoll & Itzler, New York City, for plaintiff and third party defendants Benny P. Lueng, Sheila Lieberman, Lieberman & Rosen Associates, Inc., and James Knilans; Burton L. Lilling, Bruce E. Lilling, A. Kate Huffman, White Plains, N.Y., Richard Weinberger, New York City, of counsel.

Parker Auspitz Neesemann & Delehanty, P.C., New York City, for defendants and counterclaim plaintiff Hasbro Bradley, Inc.; Anthony M. Radice, Carroll E. Neesemann, Kim J. Landsman, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This action centers about the validity and alleged infringement of copyrights in a popular new series of convertible robot toys known as "The Transformers," fantasy action figures that can be transformed by manipulation from robots into dinosaurs and other forms. The series, which includes some seventy different figures, is manufactured in Japan by Takara Co., Ltd. ("Takara"), not a party to the action, and is distributed...

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