Legal Opinion
Group Publishers, Inc. v. Winchell
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 11, 1949PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
S. H. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Group Publishers, Inc., sues Walter Winchell and The Hearst Corporation for alleged infringement of copyright, and both plaintiff and defendants move for summary judgment.
The complaint alleges that on January 7, 1947 Natamsa Publishing Company, Inc. secured a copyright on an original book entitled “The Romance of Money”; that by an instrument in writing, Natamsa assigned all its interest in said material and the copyright thereof to plaintiff; that since December 30, 1946 said book has been published by plaintiff in accordance with the copyright…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Moore v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Nutt v. National Institute Incorporated for the Improvement of MemoryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
- Fleischer Studios, Inc. v. Ralph A. Freundlich, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Thompson v. HubbardSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- West Publishing Co. v. Edward Thompson Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1909
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Sidney Hirshon v. United Artists CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- DeSilva Construction Corp. v. HerraldDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1962
- Davis v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- American Vitagraph, Inc. A Corporation, Lloyd v. Friedgen, Jr., and William J. Gleason v. Ronald R. Levy, M.D. And Cinamco, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Wrench v. Universal Pictures Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1952
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