Legal Opinion
Colonial Book Co. v. Amsco School Publications, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 9, 1941PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNevin, District Judge
(sitting by designation).
This is an action under the copyright laws of the United States. U.S.C.A., Title 17, § 1 et seq. Plaintiff is the owner of the copyright to a book entitled “Mastery Units In Chemistry”. In addition to the text, the book contains numerous illustrations or diagrams.
Defendant publishes a book entitled “Chemistry”. It also contains illustrations or diagrams. Originally (in its complaint filed December 2, 1939) plaintiff charged that the book of defendant infringed its copyright but later, by stipulation (filed February 5, 1940), it stated that it would rely only on…
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