Brown v. Molle Co.

PATTERSON, District Judge.

The bill is for infringement of a copyrighted song. The Mollé Company, manufacturer of shaving cream, engaged StackGoble Advertising Agency, Inc., to put an advertising program on the radio. The Stack-Goble company hired Brown to “build” the show and to direct the program. It was felt that a “theme song” in praise of the product was needed, the song to be rendered at the opening and at the close of each performance. To serve the purpose, Brown concocted a jingle out of advertising slogans already in use by the Mollé Company. He took the well-known music of the West…