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· 7/23/1993

Merchant v. Lymon

Citations

  • 828 F. Supp. 1048
  • 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10148
  • 1993 WL 294105

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Generally, courts have applied the work for hire doctrine only to works made by employees in the regular course of their employment.”
  • “[Defendants must have suffered some amount of prejudice to successfully invoke laches, even if plaintiffs have a weak or no excuse for their delay.”

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Judges: Buchwald

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