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MANNION v. COORS BREWING CO.

No. 04 Civ. 1187(LAK).

377 F.Supp.2d 444 (2005)

Jonathan MANNION, Plaintiff, v. COORS BREWING COMPANY and Carol H. Williams Advertising, Defendants.

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

July 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary D. Dorman, for Plaintiff.

S. Raye Mitchell, The Mitchell Law Group, PC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

The parties dispute whether a photograph used in billboard advertisements for Coors Light beer infringes the plaintiff's copyright in a photograph of a basketball star. The defendants almost certainly imitated the plaintiff's photograph. The major question is whether and to what extent what was copied is protected. The case requires the Court to consider the nature...

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