Ziegelheim v. Flohr

INCH, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff sues for infringement of a copyrighted Hebrew prayer book printed and published by him in 1943, and for unfair competition.

The defendants’ answer denied material allegations of the complaint and set up nine separate defenses which may be stated as follows: 'That plaintiff’s book was not copyrightable; that it was not original with plaintiff and did not contain any original plan or arrangement; that plaintiff had made piratical use of other books and, therefore, did not obtain a valid copyright and was himself guilty of inequitable conduct; that plaintiff had…