Legal Opinion
Dennis W. Eckes and James Beckett, III v. Card Prices Update and Suffolk Collectables
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 8, 1984No. 1150, Docket 83-7920PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Chief Judge:
Dennis W. Eckes and James Beckett, III, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, I. Leo Glasser, J., 575 F.Supp. 459 (E.D.N.Y.1983), finding that appellee companies, Card Price Update and Suffolk Collectables, had not infringed appellants’ soft-covered book, entitled the “Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide” (the Guide). Following a non-jury trial, the court found that while the Guide was protected by the copyright laws, appellants had failed to prove that appellees had copied from the Guide in putting…
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