Legal Opinion
Durgom v. Janowiak
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 12, 1999No. E022422PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHLI, J.
According to the complaint in this action, defendant David J. Janowiak has failed to make payments to plaintiff John A. Durgom pursuant to an assignment of royalties from the copyrighted song, Nature Boy. After the parties had entered into an oral settlement agreement, on the record in open court, Janowiak moved to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Janowiak asserted that, as a matter of federal law, the beginning of the renewal term had revested the copyright in the author and had cut off Durgom’s alleged right to receive royalties. Janowiak urged…
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