Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the absence of statements regarding authorization that the defendant used in relation to other products supported applicability of nominative fair use defense
• holding that the sale of collectibles bearing the name and likeness of Princess Diana was a nominative fair use
• holding that the sale of collectibles bearing the name and likeness of Princess Diana was a nominative fair use
• noting that the court need not 17 consider the Kerr factors unless necessary to support the reasonableness of the award
• noting that the court need not consider the Kerr factors unless 22 necessary to support the reasonableness of the fee award
• noting that the court need not 10 consider the Kerr factors unless necessary to support the reasonableness of the award

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Cited by

73 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-19· cited 219×
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  Sixth Circuit· 2003-09-08· cited 145×
• Love v. Associated Newspapers, Ltd.
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-08· cited 116×
• Victoria Ryan v. Editions Limited West, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-05-19· cited 106×
• Harris v. Maricopa County Superior Court
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-01-20· cited 101×
• Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd. v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-02-20· cited 92×
• Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. v. Tabari
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-08· cited 86×
• Experience Hendrix L.L.C. v. Hendrixlicensing.com Ltd.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-08· cited 86×
• Horphag Research Ltd v. Larry Garcia, Dba healthierlife.com, and Mario Pellegrini, Dba healthdiscovery.com
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-01-09· cited 78×
• Brother Records, Inc. v. Jardine
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-01-28· cited 66×
• Horphag Research Ltd. v. Pellegrini
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-05-09· cited 55×
• International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. v. Security University, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2016-05-18· cited 54×
• Century 21 Real Estate Corporation Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation Era Franchise Systems, Inc. v. Lendingtree, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2005-10-11· cited 52×
• Franklin Mint Co. v. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-05-03· cited 49×
• Secalt S.A. v. Wuxi Shenxi Construction MacHinery Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-02-07· cited 47×
• Clark Baker v. Jeffrey Deshong
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-05-03· cited 44×
• Marketquest Group, Inc. v. Bic Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-07-07· cited 44×
• Samuel Keller v. Electronic Arts Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-07-31· cited 38×
• Henderson v. City of Simi Valley
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-09-24· cited 38×
• Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2008-07-14· cited 32×

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Lopez v. Smith
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-02-10· cited 9,722×
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 4,657×
• Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-11-28· cited 1,048×
• Amf Incorporated, a Corporation v. Sleekcraft Boats, a Sole Proprietorship, and Bruce E. Nescher, an Individual
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-06-28· cited 811×
• Taco Cabana International, Inc. v. Two Pesos, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-06-11· cited 213×
• Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. Penguin Books Usa, Inc., a Corporation Dove Audio, Inc., a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-03-27· cited 203×
• Downing v. Abercrombie & Fitch
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-09-13· cited 189×
• Intel Corporation v. Terabyte International, Inc., Jean Hsu, Kenneth Hsu
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-09-27· cited 188×
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corporation Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-05-23· cited 178×
• Rich v. State Board of Optometry
  California Court of Appeal· 1965-07-07· cited 134×
• Avery Dennison Corp. v. Sumpton
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-08-23· cited 128×
• Gracie v. Gracie
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-07-06· cited 110×
• R. G. Smith, Doing Business Under the Name and Style of Ta'ron, Inc., and International Fragrances, Inc. v. Chanel, Inc., and Chanel Industries, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1968-11-15· cited 107×
• Universal City Studios, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. And Nintendo of America, Inc., Cross
  Second Circuit· 1986-07-15· cited 107×
• Fantasy, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. John C. Fogerty
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-08-26· cited 98×
• Lindy Pen Company, Inc., and Blackfeet Plastics, Inc. v. Bic Pen Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-02-16· cited 87×
• Bi-Rite Enterprises, Inc. v. Bruce Miner Company, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1985-03-22· cited 79×
• Stephen W. Boney, Inc. v. Boney Services, Inc., Stephen W. Boney, Inc. v. Boney Services, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-09-30· cited 78×
• Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Douglas D. Church, Doing Business as Modern Specialist
  Ninth Circuit· 1969-05-07· cited 73×

Other cases named Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.
  C.D. California· 1998-10-16· cited 58×
• Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.
  C.D. California· 2000-06-27· cited 19×
• Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.
  C.D. California· 2000-09-12· cited 9×
• Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.
  C.D. California· 2000-06-22· cited 6×