United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant in a dispute over copyright agreements to works involving "Winnie-the-Pooh" is affirmed where the district court properly determined that a 1983 revocation of an original agreement and the subsequent re-grant of the rights was valid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/08/2005
• Published 12/08/2005

Judges

• CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Nimmer, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the briefs were Elliot Brown and Bryce Gee.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roger L. Zissu, New York, NY, argued the cause for the defendant-appellee.   With him on the briefs were Patrick T. Perkins, David Donahue, Correne Kristiansen, and Jerome B. Falk, Jr.