Legal Opinion
Dorsey v. Old Surety Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1938No. 1644PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Dorsey brought this suit against Old Surety Life Insurance Company, hereinafter called Insurance Company, for alleged infringement of copyrights on three forms of life insurance policies, seeking an injunction against future infringements and damages for alleged past infringements.
In his hill Dorsey alleged that he is the originator and author of three types of insurance policies, denominated “Family Group Life Insurance Policy,” “Family Group Policy,” and “Reserve Loan Life Insurance Co. Policy Family Group”; that copyrights covering such policies were duly granted to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Ansehl v. Puritan Pharmaceutical Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
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