Legal Opinion
United States Naval Institute v. Charter Communications, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 9, 1988No. 85 Civ. 6715 (PNL)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, District Judge.
This is an action alleging breach of contract and copyright infringement arising from the paperback reprint publication of the best-selling novel, The Hunt for the Red October by Thomas L. Clancy. The plaintiff, United States Naval Institute, published the hardcover edition in October 1984 and licensed the defendant 1 to “publish the ... Work in a paperback edition not sooner than October 1985.” Plaintiff contends this term of the license was violated when defendant shipped the book to booksellers prior to October 1985. It contends furthermore that pre-October sales were…
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