Cardtoons L.C.

March bankruptcies highest in 11 months
The Journal Record; 4/13/2000; 1218 words; ...Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Cardtoons L.C. of Oklahoma, which draws cartoon...interfered with a contract between Cardtoons and Champs Marketing Inc. of Ohio...players association wrote letters to Cardtoons and Champs threatening to sue if...

Tulsa company loses its appeal
The Journal Record; 7/1/1999; 454 words; ...players association wrote letters to Cardtoons L.C. of Oklahoma and its printing...The players association said Cardtoons was "violating the valuable property...rights of MLBPA and the players." Cardtoons filed suit in U.S. District...

Cardtoons parody ruling strikes `Very Minor' hit
The Journal Record; 1/7/1997; 972 words; ...that the First Amendment rights of Cardtoons L.C. to parody major leaguers outweigh...publicity rights. Tulsa-based Cardtoons publishes satirical caricatures...difficult to discern who's who. The Cardtoons case is strikingly similar to a...

COURT PROTECTS CARD PARODY
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 8/31/1996; 657 words; ...constitutes protected expression," said the court. The decision upheld a 1994 mandate by a federal court in Oklahoma that Cardtoons L.C.'s satirical trading cards were constitutionally protected as a form of free expression. FAST BREAK -- NBA Properties...

SportsDay
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/29/1996; 1079 words; ...upheld a 1994 ruling by a federal court in Oklahoma that Cardtoons L.C.'s satirical trading cards are a constitutionally...by the Major League Baseball Players Association that Cardtoons' caricatures of well-known baseball players infringe...