Legal Opinion
Macmillan Co. v. King
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 24, 1914No. 360PublishedCited by 10 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Macmillan Company against Melaim Lenoir •King. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
The defendant is charged with infringing the plaintiff’s copyright in “Principles of Economics,” a work in two volumes by E. W. Taussig, Professor of Economics in Harvard University, published in 1911 by the plaintiff, and copyrighted under the act of 1909. The bill alleges that the defendant has—
“printed, published, and leased or sold unauthorized, unfair, and unlawful abridged copies or other versions of said booh.”
An injunction and accounting is prayed for. 35 Stat. 1075.
The Copyright Act of 1909 secures to the owner of a copyright in a literary work an exclusive…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Hansford v. Stone-Ordean-Wells Co.District Court, D. Montana · 1912
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- Reed v. HollidayU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1884
- G. Ricordi & Co. v. MasonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1911
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Loew's Incorporated v. Columbia Broadcasting SystemDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1955
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