American Trotting Register Ass'n v. Gocher
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio
This was a hill hy the American Trotting Register Association against W. H. Gocher and A. W. Parrish for alleged infringement of a copyright. Complainant moves for a temporary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
KICKS, District Judge.
This is an application for a, temporary injunction to restrain the defendants from publishing a list of trotters and pacers having made a record of 2:30 or better. It proceeds upon the charge that the complainant has compiled such a list of horses in what is known as "Wallace’s Year Books,” which compilation is the result of original information and facts gathered from original sources by complainant’s industry, and at its expense. The defendants reply that all the facts stated in complainant’s book are obtainable from other independent sources, and has exhibited to the…
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