CAMBRIDGE LITERARY v. W. GOEBEL PORZELLANFABRIK

No. 01-1043.

295 F.3d 59 (2002)

CAMBRIDGE LITERARY PROPERTIES, Ltd., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. W. GOEBEL PORZELLANFABRIK G.m.b.H & Co. Kg., Goebel Verwaltungs —und Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H., the General Partner of Goebel Porzellanfabrik G.m.b.H. & Co. Kg., and its former General Partners, Wilhelm Goebel And Ulrich Stocke, and Goebel Art G.m.b.H., d/b/a Goebel of North America, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Hermann for appellant.

David P. Shouvlin with whom Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP, Joseph D. Steinfield, Kirsten Nelson Callahan and Hill & Barlow were on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Cambridge Literary Properties Ltd. ("Cambridge") brought this suit against W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik G.m.b.H & Co. Kg. ("Goebel"), a German limited partnership, and others associated with it.1 The complaint sought a share in the profits gained by defendants from the use of images taken from the Hummel Book in which Cambridge claims a copyright interest. The district court granted defendants' Rule 12(b) motion and...

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