Waldman Publishing Corp. And Playmore Inc., Publishers v. Landoll, Inc., Martin Myers & James Landoll

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1994-12-22

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OAKES, Senior Circuit Judge: This appeal presents the issue whether the prohibition of “false designation of origin” in section 43(a) of the Lanham Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (a) (Supp. IV 1992) (“section 43(a)”), applies to a misattribution of authorship of a written work. The issue arises on the appeal of defendant Landoll, Inc. (“Lan-do…

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