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PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. v. DUMAS

No. 91 Civil 6268(LAK).

960 F.Supp. 710 (1997)

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC., et ano., Plaintiffs, v. Jennifer DUMAS, et ano, Defendants.

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

March 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Norwick, Norwick & Schad, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Roger L. Zissu, Lisa S. Pearson, Howard M. Rogatnick, Weiss Dawid Fross Zelnick & Lehrman, New York City, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

Many works of the late Patrick Nagel, a noted artist, were submitted to and appeared in Playboy. This case is a dispute between Nagel's widow and Playboy as to ownership of the copyrights in approximately 285 of these works.

The action began in September 1991, when plaintiffs Playboy Enterprises Inc., and Special Editions Ltd. (collectively "Playboy") sought a declaratory judgment that they...

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