United Dictionary Co. v. G. & C. Merriam Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
J APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT} OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. •The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit brought by the appellee, to restrain the infringement of copyright in a book entitled “Webster’s High School Dictionary.” The appellee, a Massachusetts corporation, took out copyrights at the same time in England and here. It published and sold the book in this country with the statutory notice of copyright, and made a contract with English publishers, under which it furnjshed them with electrotype plates of the work, and they published it in England, omitting notice of .the American copyright. The English work has a different title, .“Webster’s Brief International'…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pettibone v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Thompson v. HubbardSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- G. & C. Merriam Co. v. United Dictionary Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1906
- McLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
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