NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC. v. SONNEBORN

Civ. No. B-80-189.

630 F.Supp. 524 (1985)

NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. Jonathan SONNEBORN, Individually and doing business as Reel Images and doing business as Video Images; Cleo Sonneborn; and Reel Images, Incorporated, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

November 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan P. Ames, Mark E. Fuhrmann, Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, Conn., David R. Hyde, Lisa Schilit Pearson, Frank T. Judge, III, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for plaintiff.

William F. Dudine, Jr., Terry J. Ilardi, Darby & Darby, P.C., New York City, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

MESKILL, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.

Plaintiff National Broadcasting Company (NBC) brings claims of copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (1982) (Copyright Act of 1976), and for unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq. (1982) (Lanham Act) and state law. This Court has jurisdiction of the copyright and Lanham Act claims under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338 (1982). Jurisdiction...

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