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DR. SEUSS ENTERPRISES v. PENGUIN BOOKS USA, INC.

No. 96-0302 J (RBB).

924 F.Supp. 1559 (1996)

DR. SEUSS ENTERPRISES, L.P., a California limited partnership, Plaintiff, v. PENGUIN BOOKS USA, INC., a corporation; Dove, Inc., a corporation; Dove II, Inc., a corporation, Michael Viner, an individual; Alan Katz, an individual; and Chris Wrinn, an individual, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

April 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray, Cary, Ware and Freidenrich, San Diego, CA, for Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P.

Vincent Cox, Gary M. Grossenbacher, Leopold, Petrich and Smith, Los Angeles, CA, for Penguin Books USA, Inc., Dove Audio Inc.

ORDER MODIFYING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

JONES, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant Alan Katz conceived and wrote The Cat Not in the Hat! A Parody by Dr. Juice, a work poised to supply a "fresh new look" at the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial. Katz's rhymes, the illustrations provided by Chris Wrinn, and the book's packaging by the manufacturer defendants1 (the individual and corporate defendants are referred...

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