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Defended "Family Guy" Creators in Music Copyright Infringement Case

Defended the creators of the Family Guy television show in a copyright suit brought by a music publisher that claimed that a song used in the show infringed on its famous song "When You Wish Upon a Star." The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the basis the use was a protected parody.
Represented the creators of the television show Family Guy in a copyright suit brought against them by music publisher the Bourne Company, claiming that a song used in the television program was lifted from a song in their music catalog, the famous When You Wish Upon a Star from Disney’s Pinocchio. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendants which included Twentieth Century Fox, Cartoon Network and Seth MacFarlane.