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JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS v. JOHN T. BRADY & ASSOC.

No. 92 Civ. 5115 (LAP).

867 F.Supp. 175 (1994)

JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS, INC., Jane Henson, and Albert Gottesman and Karen Barnes as Executors of the Estate of Jim Henson, Plaintiffs, v. JOHN T. BRADY & ASSOCIATES, INC., and Wilkins Coffee, Inc., Defendants.

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

October 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Simkin, Weiss, Dawid Fross Zelnick & Lehrman, P.C., New York City, for Jim Henson Productions, Inc., Jane Henson, Albert Gottesman, Karen Barnes, as Executors of the Estate of Jim Henson.

Peter D. Raymond, Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Friedman, New York City, for John T. Brady & Associates, Inc., Wilkins Coffee, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

PRESKA, District Judge.

This dispute centers around the ownership of a pair of characters named "Wilkins" and "Wontkins" and their possible status as members of the family of puppets created by Jim and Jane Henson and commonly known as "The Muppets." Currently before me are the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment.

Background

While students at the University of Maryland in the 1950s, Jim and Jane Henson began...

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