Legal Opinion
Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 17, 1936No. 118PublishedCited by 234 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The suit is to enjoin the performance of the picture play, “Letty Lynton,” as an infringement of the plaintiffs’ copyrighted play, “Dishonored Lady.” The plaintiffs’ title is conceded, so too the validity of the copyright; the only issue is infringement. The defendants say that they did not use the play in any way to produce the picture; the plaintiffs discredit this denial because of the negotiations between the parties for the purchase of rights in the play, and because the similarities between the two are too specific and detailed to have resulted from chance. The…
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