Nash v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a consultant in the business of product development and industrial design, seeks to recover from the defendant reasonable compensation for services rendered to the defendant and also damages for common-law copyright infringement. The facts are as follows:

Defendant is an airline company incorporated in Alaska and engaged in the business of transportation of passengers and freight by air’ in Alaska and elsewhere. In a revitalization of its advertising program, defendant retained Fred W. Burnside in September, 194S at $200 per month to handle its…