Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation v. Bouve
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 29, 1940No. 89881PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY, Justice.
The plaintiff obtained a copyright on its work “In Old Chicago” in December, 1937, by- publication with notice of copyright. The work was actually offered for sale to the public and although the number of copies offered for sale was quite small, and the publication made as a requisite for bringing suit to enforce registration, it cannot be said that there was no publication, for had the work been offered for sale without the copyright notice there would have been a surrender of all right to a copyright.
The defendant refused to register the copyright chiefly on the ground that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Payne v. United States ex rel. National Railway Publishing Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1902
- Dancy v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1905
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