![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In its defense, Penguin claimed the book was merely a parody and therefore protected from copyright infringement by the "fair use" doctrine. Seuss's widow, Audrey Geisel sued for a preliminary injunction to prevent publication of the book, claiming she was eager to prevent a commingling of the Seuss image with that of the accused killer. Simpson, wearing the Cat in the Hat's distinctive red and white striped stove-pipe hat, holding a bloody glove, and narrating a rhyming whimsical version of the Simpson murder trial with verses such as, "A man this famous/Never hires/Lawyers like/Jacoby Meyers/When you're accused of a killing scheme/You need to build a real Dream Team" and "One knife?/Two knife?/Red knife/Dead wife."ĭr. Penguin Books USA involved a case about a book written by the fictional "Dr. Juice," infringed the copyright and trademark rights of the earlier work, "The Cat in the Hat by Dr.Seuss" (a.k.a. Simpson double murder trial entitled, "The Cat NOT in the Hat! A parody by Dr. In a recent Ninth Circuit case, Judge O'Scannlain reaffirmed a circuit court's ruling holding that a poetic account of the O.J. ![]()
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