Pierce & Bushnell Manuf'g Co. v. Werckmeister
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit in equity for infringement of a copyright in a painting entitled “Die Heilige Ciicilie.” The artist was Gustav Naujok, a citizen and resident of Germany.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit in equity for infringement of a copyright in a painting entitled “Die Heilige Ciicilie.” The artist was Gustav Naujok, a citizen and resident of Germany. The painting was completed in 1891. From January, 1892, to March, 1892, the picture was publicly exhibited by' the artist at Berlin, Germany; and at Munich, in the summer of 1892. Upon the 5th day of March, 1S92, Naujok made the following assignment: “I transfer hereby to the Photographische Gesellschaft in Berlin for my work ‘Die Heilige…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This is a bill in equity for the infringement of a copyright in a painting. The court below directed a decree for the plaintiff (63 Fed. 445), and the case now comes before us on appeal.
It appears that the appellee, who was the plaintiff below, failed to *56inscribe upon some risible portion of the painting alleged to be copyrighted, or upon the substance on which the same was mounted, the notice required by the statute. Rev. St. § 4962; Act June 18, 1874 (18 Stat. 78, pt. 3); Act March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1106). This is made the ground of the first assignment…
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- Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. SaronySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Wheaton and Donaldson v. Peters and GriggSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- Lawrence v. DanaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1869
- Werckmeister v. Pierce & Bushnell Manuf'g Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1894
- Boucicault v. HartU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1875
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