Legal Opinion
Eltra Corp. v. Ringer
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1978No. 77-1188PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves the application of the Copyright Act.1 The appellant is a manufacturer of typesetting equipment. It *296filed for registration with the Copyright Office a design of an alphabet and other typographical symbols placed on devices used in connection with its equipment. Such symbols are generally known as “typeface designs.”2 The design of the appellant had been prepared by a well-known typeface designer, to whom the appellant paid $11,000 for the design. It sought registration of this typeface as a “work of art” under the terms of what was then §…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Helvering v. GowranSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Springer v. Government of Philippine IslandsSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Grady Allen v. Zurich Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Bettye Keener Stegmaier, Etc. v. Jerry Pete Trammell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Norris Industries, Inc. v. International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation and David L. Ladd, Register of CopyrightsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Copyright Royalty BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
- Walter T. Walker, III v. Action Industries, Inc. Amos Comay Sholom D. Comay Ernest S. BerezCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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