Legal Opinion
Avon Periodicals, Inc. v. Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1952PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin M. Frank, J.
The plaintiff in this action charges the defendants with an infringement of its rights, trade name and title to the word “ Eerie,” and with unfair competition.
All the parties involved are publishers. They are engaged, in addition to other forms of publication, in the business of publishing a comparatively new type of magazine. Called “ Comics ” or “ Comic Books,” the magazines are described as “ short stories told chiefly by illustrated sequences.” The sale of these periodicals has soared fantastically. It has been estimated that 80 million copies are sold every month through some 90,000…
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