Robert L. Bell D/B/A Crescendo Publishing Company v. Combined Registry Company, an Illinois Corporation

FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

Appellant Robert L. Bell, as proprietor of the federal copyright in a prose piece entitled Desiderata, brought an action in the district court and alleged copyright infringement by the appellee Combined Registry Company in its unauthorized publication of Desiderata in its August, 1971 issue of Success Unlimited magazine. The district court held that appellee successfully asserted defenses of forfeiture and abandonment of the copyright.

For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

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Statement of Facts

The facts in this matter are fully set forth in the district court’s opinion,…