Legal Opinion
Fantastic Fakes, Inc. v. Pickwick International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1981No. 80-7294PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents dual questions of contract interpretation and the proper application of the 1909 and 1976 Copyright Acts. 1 The underlying controversy stems from the breach of a licensing agreement under which plaintiff, as copyright owner, authorized the distribution of certain of its copyrighted material by defendant. As a basis for two counts in its complaint, plaintiff asserts that defendant’s failure to affix proper copyright notice to the licensed material — specifically defendant’s representation of itself as copyright proprietor in the copyright…
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