Claim to Comic Book Art Ownership Tossed
On July 24th, United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed an action brought in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York concerning ownership of comic book art on the grounds that the action was commenced after the applicable three-year statute of limitations had run. The case is Wallace Wood Properties, LLC v. Tatjana Wood, docket No. 14-CV-8597-LTS: Decision.pdf Disclosure: I am counsel to the prevailing defendant, Tatjana Wood, in
The Statute of Limitations Invoked to Dismiss Copyright Claims
On June 26, 2015, a decision of interest concerning the application of the statute of limitations and work made for hire doctrine in connection with copyright litigation was issued in the Southern District of New York. The case is Gideon Lewin vs. The Richard Avedon Foundation, docket No. 11-cv-8767 (KMW) (FM). The court dismissed the The Richard Avedon Foundation's (the Foundation) affirmative claims that photographs created by Lewin while he was acting as studio manager for
