TY, INC. v. LE CLAIR

No. 99 C 5179.

103 F.Supp.2d 1047 (2000)

TY, INC., Plaintiff, v. Robert S. LE CLAIR, d/b/a Holy Bears, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

May 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avrum Sidney Katz, James Patrick White, Kara Eve Foster Cenar, Thomas Lawson Gemmell, Ralph Edward Krisher, III, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Darren Brett Watts, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, IL, Charles Estes Frost, Jr., David W. Person, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston, TX, Christine Kirchner, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff markets Beanie Babies. They have been a phenomenal marketing success. Beanie Babies include plush "new face" bears and they are the subjects of copyright registrations. Defendant Holybears, Inc. markets plush bears with a religious theme. Plaintiff claims that those bears infringe its copyrights and has moved for a preliminary injunction. The motion for a preliminary injunction is...

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