Legal Opinion
Banks Law Pub. Co. v. Lawyers' Co-Operative Pub. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided June 16, 1905PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. Suit for infringement of copyright. On demurrer to supplemental bill.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZED, District Judge.
This is a bill to enjoin infringement of a series of books, 24 in number, for which the complainant claims copyrights. The infringing acts consist of imitating complainant’s publication of the Official Edition of Reports of the United States Supreme Court, in that the paging is reproduced, and the general arrangement of the reported decisions, together with complainant’s system of numbering the volumes, is simulated. Since filing the original bill, and after taking evidence showing the nature and extent’ of the infringement and complainant’s legal title to the…
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