Legal Opinion
Collins v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 25, 1938PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
The complaint in this suit contains two separate causes of action; one, for copyright infringement, and the other for unfair competition. The subject of the suit is a copyrighted book, entitled “Test Pilot”; and the alleged infringing work is a motion picture, also entitled “Test Pilot”, produced by the defendants. The plaintiff has moved for a preliminary injunction restraining the further distribution or exhibition by the defendants of their motion picture under the title “Test Pilot”. There is also a counter-motion by the defendants for a dismissal of the cause of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Dymow v. BoltonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
- United States v. 20 Strings Seed PearlsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1929
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Becker v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- Curtis v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1956
- McGraw-Hill Book Co. v. Random House, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1962
- Oliver v. Saint Germain FoundationDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1941
- Brondfield v. Paramount Pictures Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1951
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