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TUFENKIAN IMPORT/EXPORT VENT., INC. v. EINSTEIN MOOMJY, INC.

No. 99 CIV. 11182(WHP).

237 F.Supp.2d 376 (2002)

TUFENKIAN IMPORT/EXPORT VENTURES, INC., Plaintiff, v. EINSTEIN MOOMJY, INC., Bashian Brothers, Inc., A.L. Meyers Furniture, Central Carpet Co., Kenneth L. Mink & Sons, Inc., Home Depot, Inc., Michael Nichols-Marcy, and Noreen Seabrook Marketing, Inc., Defendants.

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

April 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Landau, William Thomashower, Fran Obeid, Kaplan, Thomashower & Landau LLP, New York City, for plaintiff.

Lawrence D. Mandel, Mandel & Peslak, LLC, Freehold, NJ.

Marsha G. Ajhar, Abelman, Frayne & Schwab, New York.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PAULEY, District Judge.

This case tests the boundaries of copyright protection for a derivative textile design based largely on public domain sources. Plaintiff Tufenkian Import/Export Ventures, Inc. ("Tufenkian Import") alleges that defendants infringe its copyright in its Floral Heriz rug design by selling and distributing a substantially similar rug titled the Bromley 514. Defendants counter that the Bromley 514 is derived...

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