Lapsley v. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

SIRICA, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff, Chandler H. Lapsley, against the defendant, The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, for damages arising out of an alleged infringement of the plaintiff’s common law copyright on an unpublished manuscript entitled, “Budget Theory and Practice.” One of the publications alleged to have infringed the plaintiff’s manuscript is a management services bulletin published by the defendant in 1959 and entitled, “Budgeting ror Profit in Small Business.” The other publication alleged to have infringed the plaintiff’s…