De Croisset v. Vitagraph Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit by Francis De Croisset, Maurice Le Blanc, and Société des Films Menchen against the Vitagraph Company of America, J. Stuart Blackton, and Albert E. Smith. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
By this bill of complaint the appellants seek to enforce their alleged right to- infringement of two copyrights. One copyright is upon a drama written by the appellants, De Croisset and Le Blanc, prior to 1909, and copyrighted in the United States on March 3, 1909. There is a copyright claimed to have been procured by one Cromelin on June 6, 1916, for the benefit of the Société des Films Menchen, upon the photoplay of the same name, which was produced by the London Film Company. The appellees produced and exhibited a photoplay entitled Arsene Lupin, which is said to be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hale v. AllinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Tully v. Triangle Film Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
- Société Des Films Menchen v. Vitagraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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