FORASTE v. BROWN UNIVERSITY

No. 01-434S.

290 F.Supp.2d 234 (2003)

John FORASTÉ, Plaintiff, v. BROWN UNIVERSITY and Laura Freid, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

October 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alden C. Harrington, Boyajian, Harrington & Richardson, Providence, RI, for plaintiff.

Steven M. Richard, Jerry Cohen, Tillinghast, Licht, Perkins, Smith & Cohen, LLP, Yolanda M. Johnson, Beverly E. Ledbetter, Providence, RI, for defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

SMITH, District Judge.

This is the latest stage in an action concerning ownership rights to photographs taken by Plaintiff John Forasté ("Plaintiff" or "Forasté") while in the employ of Defendant Brown University ("Brown"). Forasté has alleged that he owns the copyright to these photographs pursuant to a copyright policy instituted at Brown during his years of employment.

In his Amended Complaint,

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