ESTATE OF BURNE HOGARTH v. EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, INC.

Docket No. 02-7312.

342 F.3d 149 (2003)

The ESTATE OF BURNE HOGARTH, Burne Hogarth Dynamic Media Worldwide LLC, Michael Hogarth, as the child of deceased author Burne Hogarth, Richard Hogarth, as the child of the deceased author Burne Hogarth and Ross Hogarth, as the child of the deceased author Burne Hogarth, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Herbert, Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP, New York, N.Y. (David B. Smallman, Steinhart & Falconer LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Roger L. Zissu, New York, N.Y. (Evan C. Gourvitz, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, KATZMANN, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Once again, Tarzan presents this Court with copyright issues.1 The issues, arising under the 1909 Copyright Act, Pub.L. No. 60-349, 35 Stat. 1075 (1909), codified at 17 U.S.C. § 24 et seq. (1976) ("1909 Act"), concern the work-for-hire doctrine as applied to an independent contractor, the significance of incorrect information in applications for...

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