Legal Opinion
Doran v. Sunset House Distributing Corp.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided September 20, 1961No. 1342-60PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYRNE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs filed their complaint in two counts for copyright infringement and unfair competition, invoking the court’s jurisdiction under the copyright laws of the United States, Title 17 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., and under Title 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1338(a) and 1338(b).
In the first count, plaintiffs state that they are the authors and proprietors of a work of art, namely a Santa Claus figure, for which they obtained copyright registration on August 28, 1959. It is alleged that since this date the defendants, and each of them, have infringed plaintiffs’ copyright by manufacturing,…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Peter Pan Fabrics, Inc. And Henry Glass & Co. v. Martin Weiner Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Alfred Bell & Co. Ltd. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Durham Industries, Inc. v. Tomy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- L. Batlin & Son, Inc. v. Jeffrey Snyder D/B/A J. S. N. Y. And Etna Products Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Lee v. RungeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Eden Toys, Inc. v. Marshall Field & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- New West Corp. v. NYM Co. of California, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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