Standard Music Roll Co. v. F. A. Mills, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United' States for the District of New Jersey; Thos. G. Haight, Judge. Suit by -F. A. Mills, Incorporated, against the Standard Music Roll Company for infringement of copyright. Decree for plaintiff (223 Fed. 849), and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the decree of the. District Court adjudging the Standard Music Roll Company to be an infringer of the plaintiff’s copyright in the words of the musical composition entitled “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee,” and awarding damages and’costs. 223 Fed. 849.
There are no facts in dispute. In May, 1912, the words and music of the song were copyrighted together as a musical composition under the act of 1909, and in June the Mills Company (the present owner) licensed the Standard Company “to use the copyrighted musical composition in the manufacture of its…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- M. Witmark & Sons v. Standard Music Roll Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1915
- F. A. Mills, Inc. v. Standard Music Roll Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1915
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- Philipp v. Jerome H. Remick & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1936
- Stasny Music Corp. v. Santly-Joy, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
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