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1997 Annual Copyright Review: Table of Cases

By Robert Clarida

Jun. 1, 1997

Every year, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman publishes its Annual Copyright Review. What follows is a Table of Cases from the 1997 Annual Review which was prepared for and distributed at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. on June 17, 1997 in Lake George, New York.

The annotations in the Annual Review cover cases decided since our report at the Copyright Society Annual Meeting of 1996 and reported through the issue of U.S.P.Q.2d of May 19, 1996 and through LEXIS's Circuit Court database in the COPYRT library through May 28, 1997.

For a complete copy of the Annual Review please call (212) 790-9200 or e-mail us.

 

CL&L ANNUAL REVIEW TABLE OF CASES

Abkco Music, Inc. v. Stellar Records, Inc., 96 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 1996)

Adobe Sys., Inc. v. Brenengen, 928 F. Supp. 616, (E.D.N.C. 1996)

Adsani v. Miller, No. 94 Civ. 9131 (DLC), 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13740 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 1996)

Advanced Estimating System Inc. v. Riney, 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1638 (S.D. Fla. 1997)

Agee v. Paramount Communs., Inc., 932 F. Supp. 85 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Allen v. Academic Games League of Am., Inc., 89 F.3d 614 (9th Cir. 1996)

American Dental Assoc. v. Delta Dental Plans Assoc., 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1714 (N.D. Ill. 1996)

American Movie Classics Co. v. Turner Entertainment Co., 922 F. Supp. 926 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Armento v. The Laser Image Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1874 (W.D.N.C. 1996)

Armento v. City of Asheville, Copy. L. Rep. (CCH)  27,577 (W.D.N.C. 1996), aff'd, No. 96-1613, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 4244 (4th Cir. Mar. 10, 1997)

Asia Entertainment Inc. v. Nguyen, 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1183 (C.D. Cal. 1996)

Bagdadi v. Nazar, 84 F.3d 1194 (9th Cir. 1996)

Baldine v. Furniture Comfort Corp., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1290 (M.D.N.C. 1996)

Balsamo/Olson Group, Inc. v. Bradley Place Ltd. Partnership, 950 F. Supp. 896 (C.D. Ill. 1997)

Beam Syst. Inc. v. Checkpoint Sys. Inc., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1461 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

Boosey & Hawkes Music Publrs., Ltd. v. The Walt Disney Co., 934 F.Supp. 119 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Broadcast Music Inc. v. 84-88 Broadway Inc., 942 F. Supp. 225 (D.N.J. 1996)

Broadcast Music Inc. v. Hirsch, 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1373 (9th Cir. 1997)

Broadcast Music Inc. v. WPBK Inc., 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1600 (W.D.N.Y. 1996)

Bryan Ashley International Inc. v. Shelby Williams Industries Inc., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1310 (S.D. Fla. 1996)

CMM Cable Rep, Inc. v. Ocean Coast Properties, Inc., 97 F.3d 1504 (1st Cir. 1996)

Cabrera v. Teatro del Sesenta, Inc., 914 F. Supp. 743 (D.P.R. 1995)

Campbell v. Lavery, No. 95-15967, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 754 (9th Cir. Jan. 14, 1997)

Cass County Music Co. v. C.H.L.R., Inc., 88 F.3d 635 (8th Cir. 1996) pet. for cert. filed, May 6, 1997

Cass County Music Co. v. Khalifa, No. 96-7171, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 26084 (2d Cir. Oct. 3, 1996)

Castle Rock Entertainment v. Carol Publ'g. Group, Inc., 955 F. Supp. 260 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

Churchill Livingstone, Inc. v. Williams & Wilkins, 949 F. Supp. 1045 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Clark v. Hudson Bay Music, Inc., No. 96-7251, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 25245 (2d Cir. Sept. 26, 1996)

Classic Weavers Ltd. v. Couristan Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1916 (N.D. Ga. 1996)

Clogston v. Amer. Acad. of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 930 F. Supp. 1156 (W.D. Tex. 1996)

Columbia Pictures Indus. Inc. v. Jasso, 927 F. Supp. 1075 (N.D. Ill. 1996)

Columbia Pictures Television v. Krypton Broadcasting of Birmingham, Inc., 106 F.3d 284 (9th Cir. 1997)

Corcoran v. Sullivan, 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1573 (7th Cir. 1997)

Cordon Art B.V. v. Walker, 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1506 (S.D. Cal. 1996), as amended, 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1224 (S.D. Cal. 1996)

Creations Unlimited, Inc. v. McCain, No. 95-60408, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 10743 (5th Cir., as revised May 20, 1997)

DeStefano v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Nos. 96-7923(L), 96-9023(Con), 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 6247 (2d Cir. Apr. 3, 1997)

Denbicare U.S.A. Inc. v. Toys 'R' Us Inc., 84 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 117 S. Ct. 190 (1996)

Design Options Inc. v. BellePoint Inc., 940 F. Supp. 86 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Desktop Images Inc. v. Ames, 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1513 (D. Colo. 1996)

Diagnostic Unit Inmate Council v. Films Inc., 88 F.3d 651 (8th Cir. 1996)

Disenos Artisticos E Industriales, S.A. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 97 F.3d 377 (9th Cir. 1996)

Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. Penguin Books U.S.A., Inc., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1184 (9th Cir. 1997)

EZ-TIXZ, Inc. v. HIT-TIX, Inc., 919 F. Supp. 728 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Edwards v. Red Farm Studio Co., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1315 (1st Cir. 1997)

Eve of Milady v. Impression Bridal, Inc., 957 F. Supp. 484 (S.D.N.Y.  1997)

Equinox Software Sys., Inc. v. Airgas, Inc., Copy. L. Rep. (CCH)  27, 534 (E.D. Pa. 1996)

Fantasy Inc. v. Fogerty, 94 F.3d 553 (9th Cir. 1996)

Fasa Corp. v. Playmates Toys, Inc., 108 F.3d 140 (7th Cir. 1997)

Favia v. Gould, 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1540 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Fleet v. CBS, Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1749 (Cal. App. 2d Dist., Nov. 26, 1996)

Fonar Corp. v. Domenick, 105 F.3d 99 (2d Cir. 1997)

Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 946 F. Supp. 420 (M.D.N.C. 1996)

Foxworthy v. Sun Art Designs Inc., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1317 (S.D. Fla. 1997)

Frasier v. Adams-Sandler, Inc., 94 F.3d 129 (4th Cir. 1996)

Fraternal Order of Police, Phila. Lodge No. 5 v. The Crucifucks, Copy. L. Rep. (CCH)  27,549 (E.D. Pa. 1996)

Fred Ahlert Music Corp. v. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1716 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

Fritz v. Arthur D. Little Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1352 (D. Mass. 1996)

Fun-Damental Too Ltd. v. Gemmy Indus. Corp., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1427 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Great American Fun Corp. v. Hosung New York Trading, Inc., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1729 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

Great American Fun Corp. v. Hosung New York Trading, Inc., No. 96 Civ. 4100 (LAK), 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5162 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 17, 1997)

Great American Fun Corp. v. Hosung New York Trading, Inc., No. 96 Civ. 4100 (LAK), 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13036 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 29, 1996)

Greenwich Film Prods., S.A. v. DRG Records, Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1223 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Greenwich Workshop, Inc. v. Timber Creations, Inc., 832 F. Supp. 1210 (C.D. Cal. 1996)

Grubb v. KMS Patriots, L.P., 88 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 1996)

Harbor Software, Inc. v. Applied Sys., Inc., 925 F. Supp. 1042 (S.D.N.Y. 1996) later proceeding, 936 F. Supp. 167 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Harmony Gold U.S.A., Inc. v. Fasa Corp., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1057 (N.D. Ill. 1996)

Harris Custom Builders, Inc. v. Hoffmeyer, 92 F.3d 517 (7th Cir. 1996) cert. denied, 136 L.Ed.  2d 842  (1997)

Hart v. Dan Chase Taxidermy Supply Co., 86 F.3d 320 (2d Cir.  1996)

Hicks v. Maryland, 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1659 (Md. Ct. Sp. App. 1996)

Historical Truth Productions Inc. v. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1807 (S.D.N.Y. 1995)

Hollister Inc. v. Uarco Inc., 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1542 (N.D. Ill. 1996)

Intimo Inc. v. Briefly Stated Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1471 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Estate of Irving Berlin v. Stash Records, Inc., 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1955 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc., No. 95 Civ. 2144 (JGK), 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2717 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 1997)

J. Thomas Distribs., Inc. v. Greenline Distribs., Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1382 (6th Cir. 1996)

Jacob Maxwell, Inc. v. Veeck, 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1467 (11th Cir. 1997)

Jacobs v. Transocean Entertainment, No. 95-55804, No. 95-56762, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 27591 (9th Cir. 1996)

January Enterprises Inc. v. Buena Vista Television, 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1959 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

Johnson v. En Vogue, 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1703 (6th Cir. 1996)

Johnson v. Jones, 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1631 (E.D. Mich. 1996)

Jordan v. Time, Inc., Nos. 95-5432, 96-4414, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 8600 (11th Cir. Apr. 25, 1997)

Knitwaves, Inc. v. Lollytogs Ltd, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 30737 (2d Cir. 1996) later proceeding, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 472 (S.D.N.Y.
Jan. 22, 1997)

Kodadek v. MTV Networks Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1695 (C.D. Cal. 1996)

Kolbe v. Trudel, 945 F. Supp. 1268 (D. Ariz. 1996)

L'Anza Research Int'l v. Quality King Distrib., Inc., 98 F.3d 1109 (9th Cir. 1996)

Lattie v. Murdach, 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1240 (N.D. Cal. 1997)

Lee v. Deck the Walls, Inc., 925 F. Supp. 576 (N.D. Ill. 1996)

Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 948 F. Supp. 1214 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Lindberg v. Kitsap County, Copy. L. Rep. (CCH)  27,535 (Wash. App. 1996)

Linzer v. EMI Blackwood Music, Inc., 904 F. Supp. 207 (S.D.N.Y. 1995)

Lombardi v. Suares, 923 F.Supp. 51 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Los Angeles News Serv. v. Reuters Telev. Int'l Ltd., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1592 (C.D. Cal. 1996)

Los Angeles News Service v. KCAL-TV Channel 9, 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1080 (9th Cir. 1997)

MCA Television Ltd. v. Feltner, 89 F.3d 766 (11th Cir. 1996) cert. denied, 137 L.Ed. 2d 330 (1997)

MGM v. American Honda Motor Co., 900 F. Supp. 1287 (C.D. Cal. 1995)

M.H. Segan Pshp. v. Hasbro, Inc., 924 F. Supp. 512 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Magnuson v. Video Yesteryear, 85 F.3d 1424 (9th Cir. 1996)

Maness v. Heavrin, 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1541 (8th Cir. 1996)

Matthew Bender & Co. v. West Pub. Co., No. 94 Civ. 0589, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 6915 (S.D.N.Y. May 19, 1997)

Matthew Bender & Co. v. West Pub. Co., 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1079 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Matthew Bender & Co. v. West Pub. Co., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1321 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

McDonough v. Fallon McElligott, Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1826 (S.D. Cal. 1996)

Merchant v. Levy, 92 F.3d 51 (2d Cir. 1996) cert. denied, 136 L.Ed. 2d 833 (1997)

MiTek Holdings, Inc. v. Arce Eng'g. Co., 89 F.3d 1548 (11th Cir. 1996)

Monster Communs. v. Turner Broad. Sys., 935 F. Supp. 490 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Multistate Legal Studies Inc. v. Marino, 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1886 (C.D. Cal. 1996)

In re: NSB Film Corp. (NSB Film Corp. v. Stamp, Inc.), No. 95-56532, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 4864 (9th Cir. Mar. 12, 1997)

National Basketball Ass'n. v. Motorola, Inc., 105 F.3d 841 (2d Cir. 1997)

National Center for Jewish Film, Inc. v. Goldman, 943 F. Supp. 113 (D. Mass. 1996)

National Council On Compensation Ins. Inc. v. Ins. Data Resources Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1362 (S.D. Fla. 1996)

Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co. v. Curry, 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1139 (S.D. Ohio 1997)

Nelson v. Grisham, 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1776 (D.D.C. 1996)

Noble v. Great Brands of Europe Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 2000 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Oasis Pub. Co., Inc. v. West Pub. Co., 924 F. Supp. 918 (D. Minn. 1996)

Ohio v. Perry, 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1989 (Ohio Ct. App, 1st App. Dist. 1997)

P.C. Films Corp. v. Turner Entertainment Co., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1937 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

PMC Inc. v. Saban Entertainment, Inc., Copy. L. Rep. (CCH)  27,528 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. 1996), 88 F.3d 136 (2d Cir. 1996)

Palmieri v. Defaria

Parham v. Pepsico Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1060 (E.D.N.C. 1995) aff'd, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 12295 (4th Cir. May 28, 1996)

Pentagen Technologies Int'l, Ltd. v. CACI Int'l Inc., Copy. L. Rep. (CCH)  27,578 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Personal Publications Inc. v. Sagittarius Broad. Corp., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1089 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Pinkham v. Camex Inc., 84 F.3d 292 (8th Cir. 1996)

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Dumas, 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1511 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

Princeton Univ. Press v. Michigan Document Serv., 99 F.3d 1381 (6th Cir. 1996) cert. denied, 137 L.Ed. 2d 495 (1997)

ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996)

Publications Int'l Ltd. v. Meredith Corp., 88 F.3d 473 (7th Cir. 1996)

Quality Records, Inc. v. Coast To Coast Music Inc., No. 95-56368, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 5324 (9th Cir. Mar. 18, 1997)

Raquel v. Education Management Corp., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1434 (W.D. Pa. 1996)

Religious Tech. Ctr. v. Lerma, 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1569 (E.D. Va. 1996)

Rene Perez & Assoc. Inc. v. Almeida, 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 2010 (S.D. Fla. 1996)

Repp v. Lloyd Webber, 947 F. Supp. 105 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Richard Feiner & Co. Inc. v. Turner Entertainment Co., 98 F.3d 33 (2d Cir. 1996)

Richmond Homes Management, Inc. v. Raintree, Inc., No. 96-1035 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 31850 (4th Cir. Dec. 10, 1996)

Ringgold v. Black Entertainment Television, Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1299 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Robinson v. Princeton Review, Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1008 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Robinson v. R&R Pub. Inc., 943 F. Supp. 18 (D.D.C. 1996)

Rodrigue v. Rodrigue, 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1157 (E.D. La. 1996)

Roeslin v. District of Columbia, 921 F. Supp. 793 (D.D.C. 1995)

Sabanek Assocs. Inc. v. Navarro, Copy. L. Rep. (CCH)  27,523 (D.N.H. 1996)

Schoenberg v. Shapolsky Publishers Inc., 916 F. Supp. 333 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Secunda v. Time Warner Cable, No. 95 Civ. 0671 (SAS), 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16975 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 9, 1995)

Sega Enterprises Inc. v. Maphia, 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1705 (N.D. Cal. 1996)

Sharpshooters Inc. v. Retirement Living Publ'g. Co., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1214 (S.D. Fla. 1996)

Singer v. Citibank N.A., 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1110 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Smith v. Jackson, 84 F.3d 1213 (9th Cir. 1996)

Smith & Johnson Inc. v. Hedaya Home Fashions Inc., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1386 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Sony Music Entertainment Inc. v. Cassette Prod., Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1198 (D.N.J. 1996) (Unpublished)

Spencer Promotions Inc. v. 5th Quarter Enter. Inc., 38 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1893 (N.D. Cal. 1996)

T.B. Proprietary Corp. v. Sposato Builders, Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1120 (E.D. Pa. 1997)

The Big Fights Inc. v. Ficara, 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1377 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

The Scientist, Inc. v. Lindsey, 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1853 (E.D. Pa. 1996)

Tuff 'N' Rumble Management Inc. v. Profile Records Inc., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1398 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

U.S. ex rel. Berge v. Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, 104 F.3d 1453 (4th Cir. 1997)

United States Media Corp. v. Edde Entertainment Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1581 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

U.S. v. Brooks, 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1948 (E.D. Pa. 1996)

U.S. v. Thomson Corp., 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1007 (D.D.C. 1996)

Walt Disney Co. v. Video 47 Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1747 (S.D.Fla. 1996)

Windsoft Inc. v. Intercon Sys. Ltd., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1190 (D.N.J. 1995)

World Thrust Films Inc. v. Int'l Family Entertainment Inc., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1281 (S.D. Fla. 1996)

Yount v. Acuff Rose-Opryland, 103 F.3d 830 (9th Cir. 1996)

Zuk v. Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Inst., 103 F.3d 294 (3rd Cir. 1996)

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