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BELAIR v. MGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

No. 09 Civ. 8870 (SAS).

831 F.Supp.2d 687 (2011)

Bernard BELAIR, Plaintiff, v. MGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Defendant.

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

November 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard Albert Haddad, Esq. , Jennifer Lynn Bianrosa, Esq. , Joshua Paul Jaffe, Esq. , Dickstein Shapiro LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Kenneth Alan Plevan, Esq. , Jordan Adam Feirman, Esq. , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Brooklyn photographer Bernard Belair brings this action against the California corporation MGA Entertainment, Inc., alleging that MGA's Bratz line of dolls unlawfully infringes on a copyrighted image that he created for a Steve Madden shoe advertisement. MGA has moved for summary judgment. Because no reasonable trier of fact could find that any of the Bratz dolls...

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