TOYS R US TEDDY BEAR PACIFIER HOLDERS DID NOT INFRINGE ON COPYRIGHT FOR 'BABY BUDDIES' PACIFIER HOLDERS

摘要

In 1986, Darlene Krause and her husband formed Baby Buddies, Inc. to produce and sell a molded-plastic bear pacifier holder Darlene had designed. A pacifier at-taches to a baby's clothing and has a short tether that can be connected to a pacifier. If the baby drops the pacifier,the tether prevents it from falling to the ground and be-coming dirty or lost. The following year, Krause received a copyright registration for her design and assigned her rights to Baby Buddies.