Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Gordy
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided April 8, 2016No. Case No. 13-24700-CIV-WILLIAMSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KATHLEEN M. WILLIAMS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Parties’ competing motions for summary judgment (DE 228, DE 230), which are fully briefed. -This case, which, has been pending for more than two years, has taken a circuitous route only to arrive at where it should have begun: Was the musical composition Hustlin’ validly registered with the Copyright Office, and, if so, do Plaintiffs have an ownership interest in the exclusive right to prepare derivative works for the musical composition Hustlin’?
I. BACKGROUND AND UNDISPUTED FACTS
A. Procedural History
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