Playboy Beats Maxim's Bid To Stop Use Of Contest Info
(New York, New York) - Magazine publisher Maxim Inc. failed to secure a ban on rival Playboy Inc. using its proprietary information related to its modeling contest during its copyright and trade secrets suit. The long-simmering intellectual property war between Maxim and Playboy just took a major turn inside a Manhattan federal courtroom and for now, Playboy appears to have won the first meaningful round.
Posted 5/18/26
