Legal Opinion
Castle Rock Entertainment v. Carol Publishing Group, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 27, 1997No. 95 CIV. 0775(SS)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
Plaintiff brings this action alleging copyright infringement and unfair competition flowing from defendants’ publication of The Seinfeld Aptitude Test (“SAT”), a book of trivia concerning Seinfeld, a popular televi sion comedy program “about absolutely nothing.” (Golub Dep. Ex. 3, cover). Though this seemingly invites the conclusion that this opinion is not about anything, plaintiffs claims raise a variety of difficult and interesting questions concerning the proper scope of copyright protection as it extends to popular television programming. For…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. v. Carol Publishing Group, Inc., Defendant-Cross Claimant-Appellant, Beth B. Golub, Defendant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- TCA Television Corp. v. McCollumCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016
- World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. v. BozellDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- Erickson Productions, Inc. v. Kraig KastCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
- Lowry's Reports, Inc. v. Legg Mason, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 2003
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