SEGRETS, INC. v. GILLMAN KNITWEAR CO., INC.

No. 99-1552.

207 F.3d 56 (2000)

SEGRETS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. GILLMAN KNITWEAR CO., INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Mooney, Jr., with whom Linda E. Maichl, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Michael DeMarco, Daniel E. Rosenfeld, and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Kurt S. Kusiak, with whom Ian Crawford, Anthony M. Mansfield, and Todd & Weld were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a manufacturer that specializes in designer knock-offs or reinterpretations copying the designs of another manufacturer's popular sweaters. Segrets Inc., a designer and manufacturer of women's clothing, sued Gillman Knitwear Co., Inc., alleging that Gillman violated the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., by producing sweaters that infringed Segrets's copyrighted designs. The district court granted Segrets summary...

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