Bi-Rite Enterprises, Inc. v. Bruce Miner Co.

757 F.2d 440 (1985)

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Bi-Rite Enterprises, Inc. v. Bruce Miner Co.

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
757 F.2d 440 (1985)

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Facts

Bi-Rite Enterprises, Inc., an Illinois corporation, and Artemis Inc. (plaintiffs), a Connecticut corporation, were manufacturers and distributors of posters depicting British popular-music performers from whom each held exclusive licenses. Members of the British popular-music groups Judas Priest, Duran Duran, and Iron Maidan (plaintiffs), all of whom were domiciled in Great Britain, had licensed commercial exploitation of their name and likenesses to Bi-Rite and Artemis through their Georgia-based merchandising representative. Bruce Miner and Bruce Miner Co., Inc. (Bruce Miner) (defendants), a Massachusetts corporation, distributed posters of popular-music performers from whom it did not hold licenses. Bi-Rite, Artemis, and the popular-music groups brought suit against Bruce Miner to enjoin its distribution of posters depicting performers from whom Bi-Rite and Artemis held an exclusive license for posters, including the popular-music groups. The district court applied the law of the residence of the exclusive licensees’ and merchandising representatives’ respective states in granting the injunction. Bruce Miner appealed.

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Holding and Reasoning (Weigel, J.)

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