Legal Opinion
Colonial Book Co. v. Oxford Book Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 22, 1942PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBELL, District Judge.
Plaintiff charges that the defendant has infringed plaintiff’s statutory copyright of a book entitled “Mastery Units in Chemistry” (copyrighted August 20, 1936) by publishing a book entitled “Visualized Chemistry” (copyrighted January, 1938). Plaintiff seeks an injunction, damages and an accounting of profits. Defendant denies infringement and pleads as special defenses laches and the fact that plaintiff does not come into this court of equity with clean hands.
There is no claim that any of the text of plaintiff’s book was copied by the defendant. The alleged…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Matton Oil Transfer Corporation v. DynamicCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Oxford Book Co. v. College Entrance Book Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- Colonial Book Co. v. Amsco School Publications, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1941
3Cited by2 opinions
- Colonial Book Co. v. Amsco School Publications, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1942
- Colonial Book Co. v. Amsco School Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944