Legal Opinion
Peter Letterese & Associates, Inc. v. World Institute of Scientology Enterprises, International
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 2008No. 05-15129PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
The parties in this case disagree over the scope of copyright protection in a book about sales techniques authored by the late Leslie Achilles “Les” Dane. Peter Letterese & Associates, Inc. (“PL&A”), the exclusive licensee of the copyright in Dane’s book, claims that three entities affiliated with the Church of Scientology have been infringing its copyright by incorporating portions of the book into their instructional course materials, and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court assumed that the infringement…
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