Legal Opinion
Ferrara v. Rodale Press, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 13, 1972No. Civ. A. No. 71-2645PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
This is an action for copyright infringement arising under the copyright *4laws of the United States, 17 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., and for related unfair competition. Plaintiff, Nelson-Hall, is a book publisher. On June 26, 1970, Nelson-Hall entered into a contract with involuntary plaintiffs, Gofman and Tamplin, in which Gofman and Tamplin granted to Nelson-Hall an exclusive license to print, publish, and sell their book on the subject of nuclear pollution. Under the contract, Nelson-Hall agreed to copyright the work upon publication in the names of the…
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