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Intellectual Property

Aug. 5, 2004

Ruling Reanimates Fight Over Winnie the Pooh

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge breathed new life Tuesday into the moribund Winnie the Pooh case. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ruled that Stephen Slesinger Inc. may include an unfair business practices claim against the Walt Disney Co. in a complicated copyright action over who really owns the rights to the Pooh characters.

By Garry Abrams
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - A federal judge breathed new life Tuesday into the moribund Winnie the Pooh case.
        U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ruled that Stephen Slesinger Inc. may include an unfair business practi...

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