Legal Opinion
Moger v. WHDH, INC.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 1, 1961No. Civ. A. 60-160PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, Chief Judge.
The defendant in this action for copyright infringement has filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the statutory notice of copyright on the plaintiff’s works are defective and the defendants’ television program does not, as a matter of law, infringe the plaintiff’s materials. In the view I take of the defendants’ first argument it will be unnecessary to consider the second.
In his complaint the plaintiff alleges that for many years he has been actively engaged in the “newspaper, radio, theatre and television fields as a writer, an artist, a promoter and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mifflin v. R. H. White Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Krafft v. CohenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- United Thrift Plan, Inc. v. National Thrift Plan, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1929
- Goes Lithographing Co. v. Apt Lithographic Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1936
- W. S. Bessett, Inc. v. GermainDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1937
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Davis v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- Jacobs v. RobitailleDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1976
- Videotronics, Inc. v. Bend ElectronicsDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1984
- Koontz v. JaffarianDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1985