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By Stan Soocher

Bruce Lee T-Shirt Suit Transferred to New York

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted a defense motion to transfer a suit brought by the holder of the trademark and publicity rights of the late martial arts legend Bruce Lee to the Southern District of New York. Bruce Lee Enterprises LLC (BLE) v. Echo.Complex LLC, 1:09-cv-0398-WTL-DML. BLE sued over the sale of alleged unauthorized Bruce Lee t-shirts and claimed the case raised novel issues under Indiana's right-of-publicity statute, Ind. Code '32-26-1-1. (The complaint also alleges violation of California's publicity rights statute.) But District Judge Williams T. Lawrence found: “In this case, the only connections between Indiana and the events underlying the action are Plaintiff's decision to hire Indiana-based counsel and Plaintiff's purchase of a single t-shirt.” Judge Lawrence also observed that the Southern District of New York has fewer pending cases per judge and “experience with both and Indiana and California's right of publicity statutes.”

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