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Yoder v Green
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Huntington Beach, CA, Friday, April 30, 2004. Leslie A. Kelly
announced today that Doyle Yoder, President, DYP, Inc., Berlin, Ohio, has
retained the services of and has authorized Raymond
Rundelli, Esq., Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, Ohio
to file a lawsuit in the
US Federal Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, against Donald
E. Green II, Gregory A Payne, American Cigar Cabinets, Inc., dba American Cigar
Cabinets and dba Amish Woodworking, Plymouth, Indiana. Yoder seeks DAMAGES AND
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT.
Yoder's filing, Case 5:04-cv-00762-DDD Yoder v. American Cigar Cabinets, Inc.,
has been assigned to Judge David D. Dowd, Jr.
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American Cigar Cabinets, Inc. Infringes Yoder's Images
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Huntington Beach, CA, July 2, 2003. Leslie A. Kelly announced
today on behalf of Doyle Yoder, President, DYP, Inc., Berlin, Ohio, that he has
filed a Notice of Copyright Infringement for profits and damages against
American Cigar Cabinets, Inc., Plymouth, Indiana, and
Corporation President Don E. Green II and Corporation Secretary George A.
Payne, both of Plymouth, Indiana. American Cigar Cabinets, Inc.
operates a furniture production facility at 25180 CR 52, Nappanee, Indiana. It
has used Yoder's copyright registered images for four years to enhance its
marketing program and create the connection between American Cigar
Cabinets, Inc., the furniture that they sell, the Amish lifestyle
and the reputation of the Amish for excellent craftsmanship.
American Cigar Cabinets, Inc. took the cover image of Yoder's
Amish Country 1997 Calendar (See above) and embedded its company
name and its slogan "Amish Craftsmanship" in an egregious violation of Yoder's
rights. In further illegal use, American Cigar Cabinets, Inc. used
two other images of an Amish buggy framed by a sunset from Yoder's Amish
Country 2000 Calendar to reinforce its connection to the Amish
lifestyle. All uses by American Cigar Cabinets, Inc. are
egregious violations of Yoder's rights. Kelly is seeking profits and statutory
damages of $150,000 for each of the copyright registered images belonging to
Yoder. Yoder, the grandson of Amish, has sold his
Amish Country Calendars, which document the Amish
lifestyle in Ohio, since 1988.
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Huntington Beach, CA, July 2, 2003. Leslie A. Kelly announced
today on behalf of Doyle Yoder, President, DYP, Inc., Berlin, Ohio, that he has
filed a Notice of Copyright Infringement for profits and damages against
Amish Woodworking, Plymouth, Indiana, and Don E. Green II
of Plymouth, Indiana. Amish Woodworking operates a furniture
production facility at 25180 CR 52, Nappanee, Indiana. It has used Yoder's
copyright registered images for three years to enhance its marketing program
and create the connection between Amish Woodworking, the
furniture that they sell, the Amish lifestyle and the reputation of the Amish
for excellent craftsmanship.
Amish Woodworking took three images from Yoder's Amish
Country 2000 Calendar and created its company logo, above, which
appears in at least 132 displays within its website. Amish Woodworking
also used his image of an Amish buggy framed by a sunset from Yoder's Amish
Country 2000 Calendar to reinforce its connection to the Amish
lifestyle. All uses by Amish Woodworking are egregious
violations of Yoder's rights. Kelly is seeking profits and statutory damages of
$150,000 for each of the copyright registered images belonging to Yoder.
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