Legal Opinion
DeCarlo v. Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 22, 2001No. 00 Civ. 2344(LAK)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Daniel S. DeCarlo long has drawn the She’s Josie comic strip, including the characters Josie, Melody and Pepper, for defendant Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (“ACP”) and been compensated on a flat per-page rate and by certain royalties. Now that ACP is embarked on much more extensive and lucrative commercialization of these characters, including a motion picture, DeCarlo claims that he owns the characters and that ACP’s commercialization exceeds the rights he granted to it.
The matter now is before the Court on DeCarlo’s motions to remand the…
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