Legal Opinion
Annie Lee and Annie Lee & Friends Company, Inc. v. A.R.T. Company, Also Known as Albuquerque A.R.T. Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 1997No. 96-2522PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Annie Lee creates works of art, which she sells through her firm Annie Lee & Friends. Deck the Walls, a chain of outlets for modestly priced art, is among the buyers of her works, which have been registered with the Register of Copyrights. One Deck the Walls store sold some of Lee’s notecards and small lithographs to A.R.T. Company, which mounted the works on ceramic tiles (covering the art with transparent epoxy resin in the process) and resold the tiles. Lee contends that these tiles are derivative works, which under 17 U.S.C. § 106(2) may not be prepared without…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Terry Gilliam, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- L. Batlin & Son, Inc. v. Jeffrey Snyder D/B/A J. S. N. Y. And Etna Products Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Lone Ranger Television, Inc. v. Program Radio Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Wgn Continental Broadcasting Company and Albuquerque Cable Television, Inc. v. United Video, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Mirage Editions, Inc., Jennifer Dumas, and Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, Inc. v. Albuquerque A.R.T. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by26 opinions
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