Legal Opinion
Jacobs v. Felix Bloch Erben Verlag Fur Buhne Film Und Funk KG
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 10, 2001No. 98 CIV. 6623(LBS)PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
The Plaintiffs, Jim Jacobs and the Estate of Warren Casey, are the exclusive owners of all copyrights to the musical “GREASE,” which Jacobs and Casey authored. (Am.Compl.¶ 14.) On November 13, 1992, the Plaintiffs licensed to Defendant Felix Bloch Erben Verlag fur Buhne Film und Funk KG (“Felix Bloch”) the right to produce “GREASE” in German-speaking Europe, but in the German language only. (Id. ¶ 15.) The license was set to expire after three years and on November 13, 1995, the agreement was renewed through December 31, 1998. (Id. ¶ 42.) Felix Bloch sublicensed…
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