Legal Opinion
Lipton v. the Nature Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 16, 1992No. 91 Civ. 3007 (RO)PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
OWEN, District Judge:
Plaintiff James Lipton is an etymologist and author of the copyrighted book, An Exaltation of Larks, published originally in 1968, with a second edition in 1977 and an expanded edition in 1991. The section of the book at issue here involves seventy-six “terms of venery” — collective terms relating to nature and hunting. Defendant The Nature Company, under a license from defendant Michael Wein, manufactures and sells various products on which are imprinted seventy-three terms referred to as “Multitudes”; these terms duplicate Lipton’s terms of venery…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Bruce Ball v. Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Dennis W. Eckes and James Beckett, III v. Card Prices Update and Suffolk CollectablesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Grove Press, Inc. v. James J. Angleton, William E. Colby and Raymond RoccaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Milwaukee Concrete Studios, Limited v. Fjeld Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, and Janice KruegerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Lipton v. The Nature CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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