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TY, INC. v. GMA ACCESSORIES, INC.

Nos. 97-2153, 97-2356.

132 F.3d 1167 (1997)

TY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GMA ACCESSORIES, INC. and Paul HARRIS, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. White (argued), Welsh & Katz, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marc S. Cooperman, Charles W. Shifley (argued), Banner & Witcoff, Chicago, IL, John P. Bostany, Bostany Law Firm, New York City, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Ty, the manufacturer of the popular "Beanie Babies" line of stuffed animals, has obtained a preliminary injunction under the Copyright Act against the sale by GMA (and also a retailer, but we can disregard that aspect of the injunction) of "Preston the Pig" and "Louie the Cow." These are bean-bag animals manufactured by GMA that Ty contends are copies of its copyrighted pig ("Squealer") and cow ("Daisy"). Ty began selling the "Beanie Babies" line...

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