Simon & Flynn, Inc. v. Time Incorporated

The lengthy and discursive complaint in this action in the District Court for the Southern District of New York tells a story, distressing if true, which can be encapsulated as follows: Plaintiff, Simon & Flynn, Inc., pursuant to an agreement made in 1967 with the late famed football coach Vincent T. Lombardi, published a copyrighted television film entitled “A Man Named Lombardi”. We gather that this film (hereafter Lombardi I) was primarily biographical. Later plaintiff produced “an educational and entertainment series for visual presentation and for the purpose of producing a book”. This…