Legal Opinion
Schrock v. Learning Curve International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 5, 2009No. 08-1296PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
HIT Entertainment (“HIT”) owns the copyright to the popular “Thomas & Friends” train characters, and it licensed Learning Curve International (“Learning Curve”) to make toy figures of its characters. Learning Curve in turn hired Daniel Schrock, a professional photographer, to take pictures of the toys for promotional materials. Learning Curve used Schrock’s services on a regular basis for about four years and thereafter continued to use some of his photographs in its advertising and on product packaging. After Learning Curve stopped giving him work, Schrock registered his…
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