Legal Opinion
Detective Comics, Inc. v. Bruns Publications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 29, 1940No. 203PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The complainant is the owner of eleven copyrights for a like number of monthly issues of a periodical known as “Action Comics”. Judge Woolsey found that these copyrights were infringed by a magazine of the defendant Bruns Publications Inc., (hereinafter called Bruns) and known as “Wonderman”. He found infringement both by Bruns and by the defendants Kable News Company and Interborough News Co., who were the distributing agents of Bruns. The defendants all had access to complainant’s periodicals, which had a wide sale.
We have compared the alleged infringing…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
3Cited by42 opinions
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- A. A. Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., and Michael MacDonald MooneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. v. H. L. Green Company, Inc., and Third Party Jalen Amusement Company, Inc., and Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Walt Disney Productions v. The Air PiratesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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