United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiff had no standing to sue for infringement of copyrights on musical compositions commissioned as "works for hire", as he was neither the legal nor beneficial owner of the copyrights in question.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2003
• Decided 05/13/2003
• Published 05/13/2003

Judges

• MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge., Before B. FLETCHER, ALARCÓN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leonard J. Comden (argued) and Alan I. Cyrlin, Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Pearson, Tarzana, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert C. Welsh (argued) and Drew E. Breuder, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees Fox Family Worldwide, Inc., The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., and MTM Productions., Jeffrey C. Briggs, Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan, Santa Monica, CA, for defendant-appellee Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd.