Legal Opinion
Pinkham v. Sara Lee Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1992No. Nos. 91-2801, 91-2812 and 91-2815PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
These appeals arise from a copyright infringement action brought by Mary Ellen Pinkham pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 501 (1988). Pinkham is an author who arranged to have Camex, Inc. promote one of her books as a "premium” item. Pinkham allowed Camex to print 13,000 copies of her book for a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corporation. Thereafter, Camex sold Sara Lee approximately 300,000 additional copies of Pinkham’s book. Pinkham claims that Ca-mex neither informed her of this sale nor paid her royalties from it. Following the filing of summary judgment motions by all…
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