Legal Opinion
Cal Williams, Doing Business as Trophy Center v. Kaag Manufacturers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1964No. 19331_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court that appellees had not infringed appellant’s copyrighted cowboy trophy figurine. (Finding 6, Tr. p. 58.)-Appellant sells at retail metal trophies usually given at horse shows or amateur-rodeos as prizes. Appellees manufacture- and sell such trophies wholesale. The cowboy trophy figurine was created byappellees at appellant’s request to portray a cowboy figure holding a non-existent, horse’s rein. The trial court held (1) there had been no infringement of the-copyright; (2) such similarity as exists-between the orginal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1951
- Caddy-Imler Creations, Inc. v. John D. CaddyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Ray Bradbury v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., a Corporation Martin Manulis and Robert Alan AurthurCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Hirsch v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1937
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. Toy Loft, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Louis M. Kohus v. John v. Mariol James F. Mariol Jvm Innovation & DesignCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation v. McA Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Wilber H. Friend, an Individual, and Friend Company, a Corporation v. H. A. Friend and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Segrets, Inc. v. Gillman Knitwear Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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