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WHITFIELD v. LEAR

No. 81 Civ. 1824.

582 F.Supp. 1186 (1984)

Thurman V. WHITFIELD, Plaintiff, v. Norman LEAR, Tandem Productions, Inc., Tat Communications Company, Topper Carew and Rainbow Television Workshop, Inc., Defendants.

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

March 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Person, New York City, for plaintiff.

Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, New York City, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GLASSER, District Judge:

Plaintiff commenced this diversity action alleging violations of the Federal Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq., and the Lanham Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, et seq., as well as a variety of state common law claims. Specifically, he alleges that the defendants, through their production of the television series entitled, "The Righteous Apples," wrongfully used ideas contained in his script for...

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