ITAR-TASS RUSSIAN NEWS v. RUSSIAN KURIER

No. 95 Civ. 2144.

886 F.Supp. 1120 (1995)

ITAR-TASS RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY, Itar-Tass USA, Inc., Argumenty I Fakty, Moskovskiye Novosti, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Fromer & Associates, Inc., Express Gazeta, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, and the Union of Journalists of Russia, Plaintiffs, v. RUSSIAN KURIER, INC., a/k/a Kurier Inc., a/k/a Kurier Russian Weekly Newspaper, Oleg Pogrebnoy, Sverdlov, Inc., a/k/a Sverdlov Video, Veniamin Sverdlov, Linco Printing, John & Jane Does 1-10, Defendants.

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

May 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian H. Lowenfeld, New York City, for plaintiffs Itar-Tass Russian News Agency, Itar-Tass USA, Inc., Argumenty i Fakty, Moskovskie Novosti Komsomolskaya Pravda, Express Gazeta, Fromer & Associates, Inc., Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Union of Journalists of Russia.

Joel K. Bohmart, Bohmart & Sacks, P.C., New York City, for defendants Russian Kurier, Inc.


OPINION

KOELTL, District Judge:

This is a copyright infringement action in which the plaintiffs seek preliminary injunctive relief enjoining the defendants from unauthorized copying for profit of the publications of the news organization plaintiffs.1 The news organization plaintiffs are members of the Russian press. They have sued the defendant Russian Kurier, Inc. and others for allegedly participating in the infringement of...

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