Richard S. Prather v. Neva Paperbacks, Inc., Playtime Books, Ltd., United Graphics, Inc., and Stanley R. Schrag

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This is a copyright infringement case prosecuted by the Plaintiff Author— Prather — against infringing Publishers — Neva Paperbacks, Inc., Playtime Books, Ltd., United Graphics, Inc., and Stanley R. Schrag. The infringing Publishers do not, indeed could not, appeal from the finding of infringement by the District Judge, as the plagiarism was flagrant. Instead, the Infringers claim that they were not sued by the right party. It is the Infringers’ position that Fawcett Publications, Inc., the Plaintiff-Author’s publisher and original copyright holder, must necessarily…