Legal Opinion
Time, Inc. v. Frank Manning
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1966No. 22337PublishedCited by 1,024 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The questions for decision relate to jurisdiction and venue.
The complaint alleges that Frank Manning, an amateur astronomer in New Orleans, manufactures plastic “moon-balls”. One half of “Manning’s Moon-ball” depicts the bright side of the moon; the other half lists information about the moon. In 1953, Manning obtained a copyright registration of a photograph of his “moonball”, and in 1955, a copy right registration of the “moonball” as a work of a scientific or technical nature. Manning alleges that without his permission Time, Inc., a New York corporation not qualified…
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