Legal Opinion
Stein v. Mazer
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1953No. 6572PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOBIE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs instituted a civil action against defendants in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, seeking an injunction and damages for the alleged infringement of six copyrights for small three-dimensional statuettes of male and female dancing figures made of semi-vitreous china. Registration of these statuettes was duly granted to the plaintiffs by the Copyright Office. The District Court dismissed the complaint of plaintiffs, who have appealed to us. The decision of the District Court appears to be virtually a holding that a work of art which…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Commissioner v. South Texas Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Baker v. SeldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Merchants Nat. Bank of Boston v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Esquire, Inc. v. Barbara A. RingerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Republic Molding Corp. v. B. W. Photo UtilitiesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Austris A. Wihtol, Doing Business as Kalnin, Mohr and Apsit v. Kenneth H. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
- Eltra Corp. v. RingerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
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