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HANSON PLC v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC.

No. 96 Civ. 3086 (DC).

932 F.Supp. 104 (1996)

HANSON PLC and The Lowe Group, Plaintiffs, v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC. and Danjaq, Inc., Defendants.

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

July 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP by Robert G. Sugarman, Katherine J. Daniels, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

O'Donnell, Reeves & Shaeffer, LLP by Pierce O'Donnell, Ann Marie Mortimer, Los Angeles, California, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP by Fredric W. Yerman, Robert Barnes, Jonathan L. Hochman, New York City, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this copyright action, plaintiffs Hanson plc ("Hanson") and The Lowe Group ("Lowe") seek a declaration that a television commercial promoting Hanson's corporate image does not infringe upon the copyright in the James Bond character held by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. ("MGM") and Danjaq, Inc. ("Danjaq"). MGM and Danjaq have filed a parallel copyright infringement action in the Central District of California...

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