Legal Opinion
Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 27, 1998No. Docket No. 97-7498PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal primarily presents issues concerning the choice of law in international copyright eases and the substantive meaning of Russian copyright law as to the respective rights of newspaper reporters and newspaper publishers. The conflicts issue is which country’s law applies to issues of copyright ownership and to issues of infringement. The primary substantive issue under Russian copyright law is whether a newspaper publishing company has an interest sufficient to give it standing to sue for copying the text of individual articles appearing in its…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Community for Creative Non-Violence v. ReidSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Curley v. AMR Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
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