Washingtonian Publishing Co. v. Pearson

By this suit, instituted in the District of Columbia, March 8,- 1933, petitioner seeks an injunction, damages, etc., because of alleged unauthorized use of a magazine article copyrighted under Act March 4, 1909 (Ch. 320, 35 Stat. 1075; U. S. C., Title 17). Pertinent portions of the statute are in the margin.1 Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, *32210 U. S. 339, 346; Caliga v. Inter Ocean Newspaper Co., 215 U. S. 182, 188.

The trial court sustained petitioner’s claim and directed ascertainment of profits, damages, etc. The Court of Appeals ruled that, as copies of the magazine had not been promptly…