Legal Opinion
Goodis v. United Artists Television, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 2, 1968No. 65 Civ. 545PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, District Judge.
In this suit by the author of a novel entitled “Dark Passage” for damages based on alleged infringement of his copyright (17 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 101) in the novel through television broadcast of a motion picture series entitled “The Fugitive,” defendant moves for summary judgment on two grounds (1) that “Dark Passage” is in the public domain, and (2) that in any event defendant is through mesne assignments, the holder of rights under an agreement signed by plaintiff, dated December 20, 1945, entitling defendant to make television broadcasts of “The Fugitive” motion…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Kaplan v. Fox Film CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1937
- Egner v. E. C. Schirmer Music Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1943
- Morse v. FieldsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Goodis v. United Artists Television, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Senta Maria Runge v. Joyce Lee and Joyce Eve Lee Cosmetics, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Geisel v. Poynter Products, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- Landon v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. DumasDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1993
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