ROY EXPORT, ETC. v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM

No. 78-Civ. 2417.

503 F.Supp. 1137 (1980)

ROY EXPORT COMPANY ESTABLISHMENT OF VADUZ, LIECHTENSTEIN, BLACK INC., A. G., Filmverhuurkantoor De Dam B. V., and rbc Films, Plaintiffs, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

December 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for plaintiffs; Stuart Robinowitz, Steven B. Rosenfeld, Mary B. Seyferth, New York City, of counsel.

Coudert Brothers, New York City, for defendant; Carleton G. Eldridge, Jr., John M. Keene, III, June A. Eichbaum, New York City, of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. ("CBS") moves for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or, in the alternative, for a new trial, pursuant to Rule 50(b), Fed.R.Civ.Pr., following a three week trial in which the jury found that CBS had infringed plaintiffs' statutory and common law copyrights and had unfairly competed with plaintiffs.1 CBS maintains that its motions for directed verdict and dismissal should have...

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