Legal Opinion
Vitaphone Corporation v. Hutchinson Amusement Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 25, 1939No. 7194PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, District Judge.
This is an action arising under the Copyright Act of March 4, 1909, Chapter 320, § 25, 35 Stat. 1081, as amended, 17 U.S.C.A. § 25. Originally a suit in equity for alleged infringement of eight copyrighted motion picture films or photoplays involving the defendant in this action along with others not now named, the case was remanded by the Circuit Court of Appeals (1 Cir., 93 F.2d 176) transferring it to the law side under Equity Rule 22, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723. Jury has been waived.
The facts are as follows:
The plaintiff, The Vitaphone Corporation, and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Burnes v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- M. Witmark & Sons v. Pastime Amusement Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1924
- Patterson v. Century Productions, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- Harms v. CohenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1922
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Berlin v. NathanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Remick Music Corp. v. Interstate Hotel Co. of NebraskaDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1944
- Landon v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Freudenthal v. Hebrew Pub. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1942
- Chester H. Roth, Inc. v. Esquire, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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