Legal Opinion
Langman Fabrics v. Samsung America, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 2, 1997No. 96 Civil 7433(HB)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BAER, District Judge.
This copyright infringement case involves the alleged copying by defendants of plaintiffs copyrighted fabric design. Both the plaintiff and the defendants moved for summary judgment. Because the plaintiff does not hold the copyright in the fabric design, or in the alternative because its copyright notice was defective, defendants’ motion for summary judgment must be granted and plaintiffs motion for summary judgment denied.
I. Background
Langman Fabrics, a two-employee operation, 1 is a division of Block’s Fashion Fabrics, which is a company that converts…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Segrets, Inc. v. Gillman Knitwear Co., Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1998