Legal Opinion
Authors & Newspapers Ass'n v. O'Gorman Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
Decided July 23, 1906No. 2,700PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Complainant’s petition for a preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This is a petition for a preliminary injunction to restrain the defendant from selling copies of a copyrighted book entitled' “A Rock in the Baltic,” not purchased directly from the complainant, and “from purchasing or otherwise, obtaining for the purpose of resale copies of said book from any person, firm or corporation having a contract with” the complainant “for the exclusive sale of said book, or from in any manner interfering with” the complainant’s “rights under said copyright, or with its plan of sale and distribution of said work.”
The general character of the…
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