April Productions, Inc. v. Strand Enterprises, Inc.

RYAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks to recover for copyright infringement of a musical play entitled “The Student Prince.” The defendants, before answer, move to dismiss the complaint.

Defendants claim the complaint to be insufficient as a matter of law in that it does not contain a copy of ithe alleged infringement and a copy of the work alleged to be infringed, as required by Rule 2 of the Rules of Practice in Infringement Proceedings, 17 U.S.C.A. following section 25, adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States, which rule provides: “A copy of the alleged infringement of copyright,…