Fair Use Finding In Copyright Case Appealed By Dr. Seuss Enterprises

(January 18, 2018, 2:40 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — In a Dec. 21 appellant brief to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P. (DSE) — owner of the rights to the Dr. Seuss literary works — argues that a New York federal judge erred in deeming a play featuring the popular Seuss character Cindy-Lou Who a fair use of DSE’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” copyright (Matthew Lombardo, et al. v. Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P., No. 17-2952, 2nd Cir.)....