Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.

The questions presented are whether, in computing an award of profits against an infringer of a copyright, there may be an apportionment so as to give to the owner of the copyright only that part of the profits found to be attributable to the use of the copyrighted material as distinguished from what the infringer himself has supplied, and, if so, whether the evidence affords a proper basis for the apportionment decreed in this case.

Petitioners’ complaint charged infringement of their play “Dishonored Lady” by respondents’ motion picture “Letty Lynton,” and sought an injunction and an…