Legal Opinion
O. W. Donald v. Zack Meyer's T. v. Sales and Service, Moore Business Forms, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1970No. 28447PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.
In this infringement suit a maker of business forms seeks copyright protection 1 for a common legal form. The characters in this drama are O. W. Donald, the copyright claimant; Moore Business Forms, Inc., the alleged infringer; and Zack Meyer’s T. V. Sales and Service, the innocent bystander. Act I of this play ended when the trial court found for Donald. We rewrite the script and reverse.
In 1961 Donald registered with the copyright office the following paragraph :
“Agreement”
“For value received, the undersigned jointly and severally promise to pay to the Dealer, or…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Arnstein v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Alfred Bell & Co. Ltd. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Lewis Orgel and the Michie Company v. Clark Boardman Co., Ltd., and Alfred D. JahrCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Jeweler's Circular Pub. Co. v. Keystone Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Nutt v. National Institute Incorporated for the Improvement of MemoryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. Toy Loft, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Engineering Dynamics, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Structural Software, Inc., and S. Rao Guntur, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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