D.C. COMICS INC. v. MINI GIFT SHOP

Nos. 1149, 1187 and 1188 Dockets 89-9264, 89-9166 and 89-9168.

912 F.2d 29 (1990)

D.C. COMICS INC. and Warner Bros. Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MINI GIFT SHOP; Beyia Ling d/b/a Mini Gift Shop; New York Gift Shop; Beom Soo Lim d/b/a New York Gift Shop; Kay's Trading; G. Kwang Kay d/b/a Kay's Trading; Continental Shop; Woo Sik Yi d/b/a Continental Shop; J.C. Boutique; "John Doe" d/b/a J.C. Boutique; B & K Gifts; "John Doe" d/b/a B & K Gifts; Glory Gift Shop; Chang Kim d/b/a Glory Gift Shop; Sun Gift; "John Doe" d/b/a Sun Gift; Jina Gift/New Gift Duri Dur; Mr. Cho d/b/a Jina Gift/New Gift Duri Dur; Stevens; Mrs. Sung d/b/a Stevens; Jamaica Shoe Center; S. Han d/b/a Jamaica Shoe Center; Sam's Fashions; and Samuel Son d/b/a Sam's Fashions, Defendants-Appellees. D.C. COMICS INC. and Warner Bros. Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jin CHEN, I Ping Hu, Sechul Choi, Jagdish Singh, Jyun Sook Hong, Mr. Yoon, David Lipper, Tae Hwan, Ahn, Ralph D'Alessandro, Gene Chow, Mr. Chud, Wa Chung, Mr. Chi, Lin Chau, Lea Lea Chung, T. Sinyeone U, Weichyuan Pien, Susan Ye, Karen Lin, Mr. Ghu and Sao Jin, Defendants-Appellees. D.C. COMICS INC. and Warner Bros. Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward EULNER, Harold Sarrett, John Cooper, Sung Il Sim, Diane Kalensky, Kai Winden, Paul Levy, Cathy Marsale, Beverly Allen and "John" Sangirsin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Joseph Bainton, New York City (William Dunnegan, Stephen R. Palmer, Shea & Gould, New York City, and Bruce G. Filgen, Warner Communications, Inc., New York City) for plaintiffs-appellants.

Glen Caldwell appeared at oral argument, and Karen Lin, Flushing, N.Y., submitted a brief pro se for defendant-appellee Lin.

Kai Winding, named herein as "Kai Winden," pro se, appeared at oral argument.

Before TIMBERS, PRATT and MINER, Circuit Judges.


MINER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants D.C. Comics Inc. and Warner Bros. Inc. (collectively "Warner") appeal from judgments entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Glasser, J.) permanently enjoining defendants from selling merchandise infringing on certain Warner copyrights. The district court refused to award any statutory damages under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 504(c) (1988), against certain defendants...

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