GOODIS v. UNITED ARTISTS TELEVISION, INC.

No. 65 Civ. 545.

278 F.Supp. 122 (1968)

David GOODIS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED ARTISTS TELEVISION, INC. and American Broadcasting Co., Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

January 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Gitlin, New York City, for plaintiff.

Coudert Brothers, New York City, for defendants.


MANSFIELD, District Judge.

In this suit by the author of a novel entitled "Dark Passage" for damages based on alleged infringement of his copyright (17 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 101) in the novel through television broadcast of a motion picture series entitled "The Fugitive," defendant moves for summary judgment on two grounds (1) that "Dark Passage" is in the public domain, and (2) that in any event defendant is through mesne assignments, the holder of rights under...

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