‘Rin Tin Tin’ IP Owners Win Partial Dismissal of Producer’s Suit

The holders of intellectual property rights to canine character Rin Tin Tin won a partial dismissal of film producer Scott Duthie’s lawsuit seeking half of any associated revenues, based on his allegation he was assigned half of all worldwide IP rights to the famous German shepherd in 2011.

Duthie’s allegations, if true, “allow the court to draw a reasonable inference that defendant did not obtain or record the rights to the RTT IP in good faith,” U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. wrote in his order, issued July 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of ...