Hill v. Whalen & Martell, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by Gus Hill against Whalen & Martell, ’Incorporated, to restrain the infringement of a copyright.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
[1] The complainant in this case is the exclusive licensee of the dramatic rights of copyrighted cartoons which purport to show the features of two imaginary individuals to whom the artist has given the names of “Mutt” and “Jeff.” These dramatic rights are of great value. Mr. Bishop, the artist and author of the cartoons, has from them within a period of three years received between $60,000 and $70,000 in royalties.
The defendant arranged a dramatic performance, which he called “In Cartoonland,” and in which he introduced as characters of considerable prominence two…
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