Copyright Dispute Over Miniseries Properly Dismissed, 2nd Circuit Says

Mealey's (November 17, 2020, 1:44 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — In a Nov. 12 ruling, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld findings by a federal judge in New York that a two-part miniseries produced by NBC Television and others is not substantially similar to a collection of short stories authored by a copyright owner (Wilhelmina Montgomery v. NBC Television, et al., No. 19-3665, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 35731)....