United States Second Circuit

In an action under the Copyright Act, summary judgment for defendants, on the grounds that a notice purporting to terminate a 1938 agreement granting licenses for publications of certain Steinbeck works was valid, is reversed where: 1) a subsequent agreement entered into in 1994 terminated and superseded the 1938 agreement; 2) the notice of termination was therefore invalid; and 3) the 1994 agreement remains in effect. (Republished opinion, Errata filed)

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/10/2008
• Published 09/10/2008

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• United States Second Circuit

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