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DASTAR CORPORATION v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM (35439)
Order dated: 01/10/03Docket number: 02-428
Action:
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The brief of petitioner is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, February 14, 2003. The brief of respondent is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, March 10, 2003. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, March 24, 2003. Rule 29.2 does not apply. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
DASTAR CORPORATION v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM (35439)
Order dated: 03/03/03Docket number: 02-428
Action:
The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
DASTAR CORPORATION v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM (35439)
Order dated: 10/06/03Docket number: 02-428
Action:
The motion of petitioner for attorney fees is denied without prejudice to filing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
1. Does the Lanham Act protect creative works form uncredited copying, even without a likelihood of consumer confusion? 2. May a court applying the Lanham Act award twice the defendant's profits for purely deterrent purposes?
An opinion has been handed down: