Bracken v. Rosenthal
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
In Equity. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
KOHLSAAT, Circuit Judge.
This cause comes before the court on demurrer to the amended bill to restrain infringement of four copyrights on certain pieces of statuary in bas-relief. The only questions raised on demurrer which the court deems necessary to consider are: (1) Whether a photograph or other picture of the statuary constitutes infringement thereof; and (2) whether a bill seeking to restrain infringement of four different copyrights, and also seeking to set aside a copyright of the defendants as having been obtained by fraud is multifarious. The first ground of demurrer is stated as…
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