United States Sixth Circuit

Use of plaintiff's copyrighted illustrations was de minimis for purposes of a copyright infringement claim, and plaintiff failed to introduce sufficient evidence that a copyright notice was removed with the requisite intent in a 17 U.S.C. section 1202 claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/27/2003
• Decided 10/06/2003
• Published 10/06/2003

Judges

• Before MERRITT and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge;  DUPLANTIER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert C. Brandenburg (briefed)John E. Nemazi (argued), Brooks & Kushman, Southfield, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Herschel P. Fink (argued and briefed), Cynthia G. Thomas (briefed), Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.