KREGOS v. ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 337, Docket 90-7469.

937 F.2d 700 (1991)

George L. KREGOS, d/b/a American Sports Wire, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The ASSOCIATED PRESS and Sports Features Syndicate, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Stone, Stamford, Conn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Nicholas L. Coch, New York City (Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, Walter G. Marple, Jr., and David A. Einhorn, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Associated Press.

Norman E. Lehrer, Cherry Hill, N.J., for defendant-appellee Sports Features Syndicate, Inc.

Before NEWMAN and PRATT, Circuit Judges, and SWEET, District Judge.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The primary issue on this appeal is whether the creator of a baseball pitching form is entitled to a copyright. The appeal requires us to consider the extent to which the copyright law protects a compiler of information. George L. Kregos appeals from the April 30, 1990, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Gerard L. Goettel, Judge) dismissing on motion for summary judgment his copyright and trademark claims...

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