Copyright Claims Against Seinfeld Are Time-Barred, 2nd Circuit Affirms

Mealey's (May 12, 2020, 1:23 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A lawsuit over the television series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” was filed more than three years after an appellant’s copyright claim accrued and was thus properly dismissed as time-barred, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled May 7 in a win for comedian Jerry Seinfeld (Christian Charles v. Jerry Seinfeld, et al., No. 19-3335, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 14596)....