Legal Opinion
Walker v. Carter
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 26, 2016No. 12-CV-5384 (ALC) (RLE)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Andrew L. Carter, Jr., United States District Judge:
This is a dispute over the creation, ownership, and use of the logo (the “Logo”) used by Roc-a-Fella Records, a record label formed by Shawn Carter (“Jay Z”), Damon “Dame” Dash, and Kareem “Biggs” Burke. Plaintiff asserts ownership of the Logo and brings breach of contract and copyright claims against Carter, Dash, and Burke, as well as UMG Recordings, Inc. (“UMG”), Island Def Jam Music Group (“Island Def Jam”) and Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC (“RAF LLC”) (collectively, the “Corporate Defendants”).1
Plaintiff casts himself as the…
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- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Marvel Characters, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Joseph H. Simon, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
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