Hewitt v. Coward

This is a motion by the defendants for judgment on the pleadings in an action for an injunction, damages and an accounting upon a complaint which alleges that the defendants, in publishing a book and producing a play entitled “ Blithe Spirit ”, written by the defendant, Noel Coward, have infringed upon the common-law copyright of the plaintiff in a playlet written by him, entitled “ Spirits ” or “ Husbands and Wives ”. The device of determining on a motion for judg*1066ment on the pleadings whether there is sufficient similarity between two compositions has never been employed in a suit for…