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· 3/2/1923

Barnstead v. Commercial Travelers' Mutual Accident Ass'n of America

Citations

  • 204 A.D. 473
  • 198 N.Y.S. 416
  • 1923 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9496

How courts have described this case

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  • “The lack of copyright protection has long been held to permit others to use the names of authors in copying, publishing or compiling their works”
  • no libel because no implication of approval exists where work is in public domain

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