Legal Opinion
Central Telephone Co. of Va. v. Johnson Pub. Co.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided October 15, 1981No. Civ. 80-A-1225PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ARRAJ, District Judge.
Central Telephone Company (Central) brought this action against Johnson Publishing Co. (Johnson) claiming that Johnson infringed its copyright covering telephone directories published for the area including Martinsville, Virginia, in the years 1976 through 1979. Central alleges that Johnson copied material from Central’s directories and published this material as a part of Johnson’s community directories for the years 1977, 1978 and 1980. Jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) (1976).
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brattleboro Publishing Co. v. Winmill Publishing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Jeweler's Circular Pub. Co. v. Keystone Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Charles E. Schroeder and Marion S. Schroeder, and Cross-Appellees v. William Morrow and Company and George Banta & Co., and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Nationwide Independent Directory Service, Inc.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1974
- Bell v. Combined Registry CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Hutchinson Telephone Company v. Fronteer Directory Company of Minnesota, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1986
- National Business Lists, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
- WPOW, Inc. v. MRLJ ENTERPRISESDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1984
- Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Corp. v. Donnelley Information Publishing, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1988
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