Legal Opinion
Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Company, an Illinois Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1970No. 23067_1PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:
Roth Greeting Cards (Roth) and United Card Company (United), both corporations, are engaged in the greeting card business. Roth brought this suit against United to recover damages and obtain injunctive relief for copyright infringement of seven studio greeting cards.1 After a trial to the court without a jury, judgment was entered for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
Roth’s claim involves the production and distribution by United of seven greeting cards which bear a remarkable resemblance to seven of Roth’s cards on which copyrights had been granted. Roth employed a writer…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Baker v. SeldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Alfred Bell & Co. Ltd. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by103 opinions
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- The Gates Rubber Co. v. Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Transgo, Inc. v. Ajac Transmission Parts Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Rebecca Reyher and Ruth Gannett v. Children's Television Workshop and Tuesday Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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