Advisers, Incorporated v. Wiesen-Hart, Inc.

In an action for copyright infringement, the district court held, on a motion for summary judgment, that a variance between the actual date of publication of a book, and the date of publication alleged in the certificate of copyright registration, required by law to be filed, rendered the copyright unenforceable, and that such certificate was, accordingly, incapable of supporting an action for copyright infringement.

It is provided, by Title 17 U.S.C.A. § 10, that any person entitled thereto by such section, may secure a copyright for his work by publication, with the notice of copyright…