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PINKHAM v. SARA LEE CORP.

Nos. 91-2801, 91-2812 and 91-2815.

983 F.2d 824 (1992)

Mary Ellen PINKHAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SARA LEE CORPORATION; Hanes Hosiery, Inc.; L'eggs Products, Inc.; Defendant-Appellant. CAMEX, INC.; Jay Columbus; Victor Benedetto, Defendant, v. MARY ELLEN ENTERPRISES, INC.; Third Party-Defendant-Appellee, v. SARA LEE CORPORATION; Hanes Hosiery, Inc.; L'eggs Products, Inc., Third Party-Plaintiff-Appellant. Mary Ellen PINKHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SARA LEE CORPORATION; Hanes Hosiery, Inc.; L'eggs Products, Inc.; Defendants-Appellees, Camex, Inc.; Jay Columbus; Victor Benedetto, Defendants. SARA LEE CORPORATION; Hanes Hosiery, Inc.; L'eggs Products, Inc., Third Party-Plaintiffs, v. MARY ELLEN ENTERPRISES, INC., Third Party-Defendant. Mary Ellen PINKHAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SARA LEE CORPORATION; Hanes Hosiery, Inc.; L'eggs Products, Inc.; Defendants, Camex, Inc.; Jay Columbus; Victor Benedetto, Defendants-Appellants. SARA LEE CORPORATION; Hanes Hosiery, Inc.; L'eggs Products, Inc., Third Party-Plaintiffs, v. MARY ELLEN ENTERPRISES, INC., Third Party-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis Forslund, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Curtis D. Forslund and Gregory Merz on the brief), for appellants/cross-appellees Sara Lee, et al.

Robert Meloni, New York City, argued (Robert S. Meloni on the brief), for appellants/cross-appellees Victor Benedetto, et al.

Scott Gerrick Harris, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Frank R. Berman and Scott G. Harris on the brief), for appellee/cross-appellant, Mary Ellen Pinkham.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

These appeals arise from a copyright infringement action brought by Mary Ellen Pinkham pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 501 (1988). Pinkham is an author who arranged to have Camex, Inc. promote one of her books as a "premium" item. Pinkham allowed Camex to print 13,000 copies of her book for a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corporation. Thereafter, Camex sold Sara Lee approximately 300,000 additional copies of Pinkham's book. Pinkham claims that...

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