Legal Opinion
Hogan v. DC Comics
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 26, 1999No. 98 Civ. 1164(SAS)PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Francis Hogan (“Hogan”) and Daniel Masucci bring this action against defendants DC Comics, Warner Communications, Inc., Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P., Nancy Collins (“Collins”) and Paul Lee (“Lee”) claiming that defendants infringed plaintiffs’ copyright in an unpublished comic book entitled Matchsticks through defendants’ painted graphic novel Dhampire: Stillborn. Plaintiffs also claim that defendants misappropriated their idea for a comic book centered around the struggles of a half-human, half-vampire character. Presently before…
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