Ehret v. Pierce

BkNEdict, D. J.

This is a suit in equity, brought to restrain the defendant from publishing a certain form of advertising cards devised for the purpose of displaying paints of various colors, upon the ground that it infringes upon a copyright obtained in 1855 by one Thomas D. Morris, and thereafter assigned to the plaintiff.

The subject of the copyright upon which the plaintiffs right of action depends is designated, “A specimen pattern of Morris’ tinted zinc paints. Card of outside colors.” Such is the title recorded. It consists of a sheet of paper, having attached thereto 30 square bits of…