Boucher v. Du Boyes, Inc.

It is not seriously disputed that defendants manufactured and sold carbon copies of certain items of costume jewelry which had been registered in accordance with the Copyright Act as works of art.

The defendants’ contentions upon this appeal are addressed to the technical requirements of the provisions of the Act, together with a claim that the items in question, designed and manufactured by the plaintiffs are not copyrightable subject matter and entitled to protection under the Copyright Law. The latter claim is untenable. The decision in Mazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 201, 74 S.Ct. 460, 98 L.Ed.…