KAMAKAZI MUSIC CORP. v. ROBBINS MUSIC CORP.

No. 1082, Docket 81-7922.

684 F.2d 228 (1982)

KAMAKAZI MUSIC CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee, Barry Manilow and Warner Bros. Publications Inc., Plaintiffs, v. ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Vicks Lithograph, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Osterberg, New York City (Abeles, Clark & Osterberg, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Sandor Frankel, New York City (Bender & Frankel, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs and plaintiff-appellee.

Evans, Severn, Bankert & Peet, Utica, N.Y., for defendant.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Kamakazi Music sued Robbins Music, both being New York corporations, in the Southern District of New York for infringing its copyrights in the sheet music of pop star Barry Manilow.1 Kamakazi sought a preliminary injunction, damages and attorneys fees under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §§ 502-05 (Supp. IV 1980). Robbins responded that it had licensed the copyrights from Kamakazi, that there was no federal...

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