Legal Opinion
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Dumas
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 26, 1997No. 91 Civil 6268(LAK)PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
Many works of the late Patrick Nagel, a noted artist, were submitted to and appeared in Playboy. This case is a dispute between Nagel’s widow and Playboy as to ownership of the copyrights in approximately 285 of these works.
The action began in September 1991, when plaintiffs Playboy Enterprises Inc., and Special Editions Ltd. (collectively “Playboy”) sought a declaratory judgment that they are the owners of the copyrights. Defendants Jennifer Dumas and Jennifer Dumas, Inc. (collectively “Dumas”), Nagel’s widow and the corporation to which Dumas…
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