Legal Opinion

Caddy-Imler Creations, Inc. v. John D. Caddy

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 2, 1962No. 17333_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant corporation sued appellee (its stockholder, officer and director), upon various theories, charging he had competed with it in the production and sale of phonograph records and accompanying booklets which presumably aided in teaching children arithmetic in various schools, public and private.

The court below (a) found the appellee-defendant not guilty of copyright infringement by publishing a book allegedly copied from a book appellant had copyrighted; (b) held appellant had no trademark rights or secondary meaning rights in the phrase “The 390 Basic Arithmetic…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Baker v. SeldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Harold Lloyd Corporation v. WitwerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
  3. Audio Fidelity, Inc., a Corporation v. High Fidelity Recordings, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  4. Dierks Lumber & Coal Company, a Corporation v. J. A. BarnettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
  5. Simmonds v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,118 Robert H. Wyshak v. City National Bank, Robert H. Wyshak, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee v. City National Bank, Defendant-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  3. Sheldon F. Sackett, and Kvan, Inc., a Washington Corporation v. J. Frank Beaman, and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
  4. Psg Co., a Corporation, and Philip S. Greenberg v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
  5. Standard Title Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Donald F. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965

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