Case 2:15-cv-06518-KSH-CLW Document 18 Filed 12/07/15 Page 1 of 45 PageID: 126 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY HARRIS FAULKNER, : HONORABLE KATHARINE S. HAYDEN Plaintiff, : Civil Action No. 15-6518 (KSH)(CLW) - against - : Return Date: December 21, 2015 HASBRO, INC., : (Document Electronically Filed) Defendant. : : ____________________________________________________________ BRIEF OF PLAINTIFF HARRIS FAULKNER IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT HASBRO, INC.’S PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS ____________________________________________________________ Paul J. Halasz Dori Hanswirth, Esq.* DAY PITNEY LLP Theresa House, Esq.* One Jefferson Road Patsy Wilson, Esq.* Parsippany, NJ 07054-2891 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Tel.: (973) 966-6300 875 Third Ave. Fac.: (973) 966-1015 New York, NY 10022 Email:
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[email protected] *admitted pro hac vice Attorneys for Plaintiff Harris Faulkner Case 2:15-cv-06518-KSH-CLW Document 18 Filed 12/07/15 Page 2 of 45 PageID: 127 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ............................................................................... 1 FACTUAL BACKGROUND .................................................................................... 6 A. Plaintiff Harris Faulkner and Her Unique, Personal Brand ....................... 6 B. Hasbro Misappropriated Faulkner’s Unique, Personal Brand in Order to Advertise and Market the Harris Faulkner Hamster Doll .......................... 9 C. Procedural History and Hasbro’s