WEBER v. GEFFEN RECORDS, INC.

No. 98 Civ. 0311(CBM).

63 F.Supp.2d 458 (1999)

Christopher G. WEBER, d/b/a Hollywood Rose Music, Plaintiff, v. GEFFEN RECORDS, INC.; Guns N' Roses Music; Guns N' Roses, Inc.; W. Axl Rose; Michael "Duff" McKagan; and Jeffrey Isbell p/k/a Izzy Stradlin, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toptani Law Offices, by Gabriel J. Fischbarg, for plaintiff.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, by Sandra Crawshaw; Jenifer Paine, for defendant Geffen Records.

Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, P.C., by James C. Dugan; Edward Spiro, for defendants Guns N' Roses Music, Guns N' Roses, Inc., W. Axl Rose, Michael "Duff" McKagan, and Jeffrey Isbell p/k/a Izzy Stradlin.


OPINION

MOTLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Christopher G. Weber claims that his former bandmates, after joining the music group "Guns N' Roses," wrongly excluded him from the proceeds of two musical compositions he had co-written with them years earlier. Plaintiff presses a federal Lanham Act cause of action and state law causes of action for an accounting of profits, unjust enrichment, and unfair competition. Defendants have moved to dismiss. For...

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