Legal Opinion
National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 10, 1950PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is an action against Fawcett Publications, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “Fawcett”) and Republic Pictures Corporation and the latter’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Republic Pictures, Inc. (both hereafter referred to as “Republic”), for copyright infringement under the 1909 Copy right Act, as amended, 17 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., and for unfair competition. The action was instituted on September 5, 1941, by Detective Comics, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “Detective”) and by Superman, Inc.; they were later merged into National Comics Publications, Inc., which has been…
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