U.S. v. KING FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Nos. 87-5747, 87-5944.

843 F.2d 394 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KING FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Defendant-Cross/Defendant, and Salzburg Enterprises of California, Inc., and Milton J. Salzburg, Defendant-Cross/Claimant-Appellant. KING FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT INC., Plaintiff-Counter Claim-Defendant, v. SALZBURG ENTERPRISES OF CALIFORNIA, INC., Milton J. Salzburg, et al., Defendants-Cross-Claimants/Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen A. Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-counter claim defendant.

Stephen D. Peterson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Joseph F. Hart, Weinstein & Hart, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-cross-claimants-appellants.

Before O'SCANNLAIN and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge.


LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

FACTS

This case concerns the alleged copyright infringement of certain cartoon films entitled "Beatles," "Barney Googles," "Krazy Kat," "Popeye," "Flash Gordon," and "Cool McCool" (the cartoons). The appellee King Features Entertainment, Inc. (KFE) holds the copyright on the cartoons and the exclusive right to distribute them.

KFE and the appellants, Milton Salzburg and Salzburg Enterprises of California, Inc. (Salzburg), signed...

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