Independent News Co. v. Williams

WOOD, District Judge.

1. The plaintiff, Independent News Co., Inc., is a New York distributor of magazines engaged in a $35,000,000 a year business throughout the United States. The plaintiff National Comics Publications, Inc., is the publisher of comic books under some 45 different titles. The plaintiff, Superman, Inc., owns the copyrights and trademarks covering the various titles and characters appearing in the said comic books.

2. The defendant, Harry Williams, is a Philadelphia distributor of secondhand books and magazines. He has in the past and does at present sell both covered and…