3rd Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Copyright Claims Against Viacom

Mealey's (July 3, 2019, 12:08 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge did not err in rejecting allegations of copyright infringement by an author levied in connection with Viacom International Inc.’s film adaptation of a children’s book about a Christmas tree, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 2 (Jennie Nicassio v. Viacom International Inc., et al., No. 18-2085, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19827)....