Legal Opinion
Angelo R. Puddu and Puddu & Martinelli, Inc. v. Buonamici Statuary, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 3, 1971No. 121, Docket 35240PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Chief Judge:
Plaintiffs Angelo R. Puddu, and his licensee, Puddu & Martinelli, Inc., a New York corporation of which he is the sole stockholder, appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing two complaints wherein they sought relief with respect to the defendant’s alleged infringement of 12 copyrights owned by Puddu relating to statuettes of elves carrying drums, mandolins, flutes, violins and harps. Four of these copyrights concerned a line marketed by plaintiffs in 1964; the others concerned a line marketed in 1965. 1 Judge Tyler…
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