Cardinal Film Corp. v. Beck
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Bill by the Cardinal Film Corporation against Fred Beck and others. Decree for complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
If the complainant has a valid copyright of the motion picture play, “Joan the Woman,” it has been infringed by the defendants. The defendants, however, argue that the copyright was invalid because there was no publication before the deposit of copies of the motion picture photoplay in the office of the librarian of Congress. This defense has been considered before -by Judge Fearned Hand in the case of Stern v. Jerome H. Remick (C. C.) 175 Fed. 282, where the court said that no publication was necessary other than the deposit in the Fibrary of Congress. The…
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- Jewelers' Mercantile Agency v. Jewelers' Weekly Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Wright v. EisleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Stern v. Jerome H. Remick & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1910
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