Legal Opinion
Kraft v. Cohen
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 6, 1940No. 494PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, District Judge.
This is a copyright infringement suit, tried before me without a jury. Plaintiff seeks an injunction, statutory damages and damages under the Common Law.
Plaintiff is engaged in the business of printing and distributing bound books containing illustrations depicting clothing in various styles and of various sorts, including clerical vestures. The plaintiff does not sell clothing. He derives his income by selling his books to firms which do sell clothing. The books are used by the clothing firms to show to prospective customers, and, therefore, constitute media whereby…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Menendez v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Gerlach-Barklow Co. v. Morris & Bendien, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- Caliga v. Inter Ocean Newspaper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Gilmore v. AndersonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1889
- W. S. Bessett, Inc. v. GermainDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1937
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Anaconda Co. v. Metric Tool & Die Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- In Re Midland United Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1946
- Hayden v. Chalfant Press, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1959
- John A. Neal and John G. Duffy, Individually and Dba Workshop Publications, a Co-Partnership v. Thomas Organ Co., a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. v. HaberDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1942
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