Legal Opinion
United States v. King Features Entertainment, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1988No. Nos. 87-5747, 87-5944PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
FACTS
This case concerns the alleged copyright infringement of certain cartoon films entitled “Beatles,” “Barney Googles,” “Krazy Kat,” “Popeye,” “Flash Gordon,” and “Cool McCool” (the cartoons). The appel-lee King Features Entertainment, Inc. (KFE) holds the copyright on the cartoons and the exclusive right to distribute them.
KFE and the appellants, Milton Salzburg and Salzburg Enterprises of California, Inc. (Salzburg), signed a letter agreement which granted Salzburg a one-year license to sell the cartoons. The pertinent parts of the letter agreement, dated May 4, 1983,…
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