1st Circuit Declares Playwright Owner Of Copyrighted Adaptations

Mealey's (September 15, 2021, 12:51 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Sept. 13 ruling said that a playwright was erroneously eliminated by a Puerto Rico federal judge as the copyright owner of the adaptations of two novels by a prominent Puerto Rico author who, together with the playwright, sued for infringement....