Legal Opinion
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. v. H. L. Green Company, Inc., and Third Party Jalen Amusement Company, Inc., and Third Party
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 15, 1963No. 294, Docket 27979PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.
This action for copyright infringement presents us with a picture all too familiar in copyright litigation: a legal problem vexing in its difficulty, a dearth of squarely applicable precedents, a business setting so common that the dearth of precedents seems inexplicable, and an almost complete absence of guidance from the terms of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. Compare Platt & Munk Co. v. Republic Graphics, Inc., 315 F.2d 847 (2d Cir. March 21,1963); Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. v. Goody, 248 F.2d 260, 262, 266 (2d Cir. 1957), cert. denied, 355 U.S. 952, 78 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- M. Witmark & Sons v. Pastime Amusement Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1924
- De Acosta v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Detective Comics, Inc. v. Bruns Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by170 opinions
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