List Pub. Co. v. Keller

The parties are the proprietors and publishers of rival “society” directories, which purport to give the names and addresses of those persons in New York citji who are supposed to be people of fashion. The complainant asserts that its copyrighted directory, “The List,” is infringed by the defendant’s directory, the “Social Register,” and has made a motion for a preliminary injunction. The question in the case is whether the defendant, in compiling his directory, has done so by his own original labor, or whether, in order to spare himself time and ex*773pense, he has copied the names and addresses…