Legal Opinion
Nikanov v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 27, 1956PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
This is an action for copyright infringement and unfair competition arising from the publication of a book entitled, An Invitation to Russian.
The plaintiff, an American citizen of Russian birth, is an educator and for some time has been employed by the New York State Department of Education as a teacher of Russian. He is also managing director of the Language Guild, an institution which gives instructions in languages in the City of New York, and in 1943 plaintiff devised and copyrighted a unique plan or chart for teaching Russian to Americans.
Defendant Simon…
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