Legal Opinion
Kling v. Hallmark Cards Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2000No. 99-55222PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Rainbow Brite is a young girl who, with the help of the Color Kids, her magical horse Starlite, and the small furry sprites who mine for sprinkles in the Color Caves, strives to keep color alive in Rainbow Land. Robotman, Stellar, Oops, and Lint are robots from Robot Land who, for some reason, enjoy helping human teenagers play music. Here in Legal Land, a rather joyless dispute has arisen regarding the ownership of the copyrights in the scripts for six animated children’s television specials featuring the Rainbow Brite and Ro-botman characters. The specials were…
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