Legal Opinion
Heim v. Universal Pictures Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 16, 1946No. 178PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
1. The Hungarian publisher, the proprietor at the time of the copyright registration on September 14, 1936, was a citizen of a foreign country with which the United States has a treaty extending copyright protection to Hungarian citizens in accord with § 8(b).1 As publication in Hungary occurred on November 11, 1935, the registration followed publication, and therefore § 9, not § 11, applied. As on the date of publication the author was a citizen of Hungary, and the song had then been published solely in a foreign state, there was compliance with § 12, as amended in 1914,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Arnstein v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Picard v. United Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Fred Fisher, Inc. v. DillinghamDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1924
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3Cited by58 opinions
- The State of New York v. The Nuclear Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Three Boys Music Corp. v. BoltonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Louis Gaste and Les Editions Louis Gaste v. Morris Kaiserman A/K/A Morris Albert, and Fermata International Melodies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Edward B. Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- ABKCO Music, Inc. v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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