Gottsberger v. Aldine Book Pub. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
In Equity. On bill for injunction. Bills by William S. Gottsberger to restrain the Aldine Book Publishing Company and Dana Estes et al. from printing and publishing a work, upon which complainant alleged to have a copyright.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The plaintiff, in both these cases, seeks to restrain the defendants from printing and selling a work entitled “The Ebers Gallery.” He claims that he has a copyright upon the work, having deposited the title of the book in the office of the librarian of congress, at Washington, September 19,1885, and two copies of the bestedition on November 28, 1885. The main defense to the validity of the copyright is that there was a publication of the work, by sales thereof to several parties, prior to November 18, 1885, and that, therefore, the plaintiff was not entitled to any copyright under section…
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