United States Seventh Circuit

District court did not err in determining that plaintiff is a joint owner of copyrights in certain comic-book characters, or in ordering defendant to so designate plaintiff on undistributed copies of comic books in which these characters appear.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/05/2004
• Decided 02/24/2004
• Published 02/24/2004

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth F. Levin (Argued), Levin & Associates, Chicago, IL, Allen A. Arntsen, Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in 03-1331, 03-1461., Michael A. Kahn (Argued), Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin, St. Louis, MO, R. Scott Feldmann, Crowell & Morning, Irvine, CA, for Defendants-Appellants in 03-1331., Todd G. Smith, Lafollette, Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, WI, Michael A. Kahn (Argued), Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin, St. Louis, MO, R. Scott Feldmann, Crowell & Morning, Irvine, CA, for Defendants-Appellees in 03-1461.