People ex rel. Foremost Studio, Inc. v. Graves

The relator is engaged in the business of making designs to be impressed on cloth; and its customers were manufacturers of women’s dress goods of the figured varieties. The relator made these delineations on paper at the request of customers, and for that purpose employed designers. Upon receiving an order for a design of a general character, the relator made several drawings for comparison in which he attempted to approximate the notion of the customer, and from these the customer chose one or more which best suited his needs and taste, at prices ranging between thirty dollars and fifty…