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Rasta established a reasonable likelihood that it could prove entitlement to protection for the veritable fruits of its intellectual labor.
— Judge Thomas Hardiman of the Third Circuit, writing in an opinion that Rasta Imposta, the maker of a full-body banana costume that it had copyrighted, was entitled to an injunction against Kangaroo Manufacturing, a rival company that made a look-alike garment. Hardiman’s opinion is full of fruity puns, ranging from noting that the dispute was “ripe for review” to a reference to a “banana … split” when discussing whether the costume’s design was utilitarian. Check out Appendix A to the opinion, below.
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