Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Freedman
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 9, 1998No. 98-1408PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Denise Matthews, a fabric designer and • wholesale distributor of “soft-good” souvenirs, makes and sells a children’s t-shirt with a design entitled, “Someone Went to Boston and got me this shirt because they love me Very much.” This phrase appears on a t-shirt surrounded by small drawings of a fish, a sailboat, a lobster, Faneuil Hall, and scattered hearts. Matthews registered this “Someone ...” t-shirt design with the U.S. Copyright Office, receiving a certificate of registration effective August 9,1995.
In February 1997, Alan Freedman, a competing souvenir producer,…
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