Legal Opinion
Roy Export Co. Establishment v. Columbia Broadcasting System Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 17, 1980No. 78-Civ. 2417PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (“CBS”) moves for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or, in the alternative, for a new trial, pursuant to Rule 50(b), Fed.R.Civ.Pr., following a three week trial in which the jury found that CBS had infringed plaintiffs’ statutory and common law copyrights and had unfairly competed with plaintiffs. 1 CBS maintains that its motions for directed verdict and dismissal should have been granted because (1) its use of the copyrighted works was protected as a matter of law by the fair use doctrine or the First Amendment to the…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by68 opinions
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- Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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