KIRKLAND v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 75-572.

425 F.Supp. 1111 (1976)

Isabel Manning Hewson KIRKLAND, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary T. Wobensmith, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Bancroft D. Haviland, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether plaintiff has any proprietary rights in a name used by defendant as the title for a TV series. Having concluded that plaintiff abandoned the name, I must grant defendant's motion for summary judgment.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

In 1933, plaintiff originated and authored a story entitled "Land of the Lost," which eventually became a radio program...

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