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20 years after ‘The Cat Not in the Hat’, a look at Dr. Seuss vs. the O.J. Simpson murder trial story

On March 27th, 1997, the 9th Cir. decided to affirm a preliminary injunction prohibiting the publication and distribution of The Cat NOT in the Hat!, a parody of the O.J. Simpson murder trial told in the style of Dr. Seuss… Geisel had passed in 1991 but Dr. Seuss Enterprises filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit against Penguin and Dove seeking the injunction before the work was published. Seuss alleged that The Cat NOT in the Hat! misappropriated protected elements of copyrighted works, infringed upon six unregistered trademarks and one registered trademark and diluted the distinctive quality of the Seuss marks. On March 21st, 1996, the injunction sought by Seuss was granted in district court, enjoining the distribution of 12,000 books, which were published at a cost of $35,000.