Baker v. Selden
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
delivered the opinion of the court. .
Charles Selden, the testator of the complainant in this case, in the year 1859 took the requisite steps for obtaining the copy right of a book, entitled “ Selden’s Condensed Ledger, or Bookkeeping Simplified,” the object of -which was to exhibit and explain a peculiar system of book-keeping. In 1860 and 1861, he took the copyright of several other books, containing additions to and improvements upon the said system. The bill of complaint was filed against the defendant, Baker, for an alleged infringement of these copyrights. The latter, in his answer,…
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