PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.

Docket No. 99-7196.

199 F.3d 74 (1999)

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, Young & Rubicam Inc., and Dentsu, Young & Rubicam, a partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Edward Bruce, Washington, DC (Ronald G. Dove, Jr., and Andrew Watson, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC; Harold P. Weinberger, Jonathan M. Wagner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, N.Y. and Lynda E. Roesch, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Cincinnati, OH, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ethan Horwitz, New York, N.Y. (Amy J. Benjamin and Ross J. Charap, Darby & Darby PC, New York, NY; Richard K. Willard and Brian J. Leske, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C.; David Nimmer and Elliot N. Brown, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Lawrence B. Friedman, New York, N.Y. (Jeffrey A. Rosenthal and Andrea L. Spalla, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, N.Y. of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees Young & Rubicam Inc. and Dentsu, Young & Rubicam.

Before: MESKILL, MINER, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff-Appellant The Procter & Gamble Company ("P & G") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert P. Patterson, Jr., Judge) entered February 10, 1999, finding, after a bench trial, that defendants-appellees Colgate-Palmolive Company ("Colgate"), Young & Rubicam Inc., and Dentsu, Young & Rubicam ("Y & R") were not liable for copyright infringement under 17 U.S...

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