J. H. White Mfg. Co. v. Shapiro
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the J. H. White Manufacturing Company against Samuel Shapiro.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
Complainant copyrighted its catalogue of brass goods, which consisted principally of trimmings for electric light fixtures. Defendant is charged with copying in his catalogue several of the designs for these trimmings, and with thus infringing complainant’s copyrighted catalogue.
Defendant moves to dismiss the bill of complaint upon ground (f), among others, which is that the catalogue appears to be merely a trade list of articles of general merchandise, and as such not a proper subject for copyright protection under the law. In Da Prato Statuary Co. v.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Da Prato Statuary Co. v. Giuliani Statuary Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1911
- National Cloak & Suit Co. v. KaufmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Pennsylvania · 1911
- Lamb v. Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan · 1889
- J. L. Mott Iron Works vw. ClowU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1896
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- Pellegrini v. AllegriniDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1924
- R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. v. HaberDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1942
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