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· 6/8/1984

Dennis W. Eckes and James Beckett, III v. Card Prices Update and Suffolk Collectables

Citations

  • 736 F.2d 859
  • 222 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 762
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 21686

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  • stating that \[o]nly the knowing failure to advise the Copyright Office of facts which might have occasioned a rejection of the application constitute[s] reason for holding the registration invalid and thus incapable of supporting an infringement action\
  • noting that “sweat of a researcher’s brow” does not merit copyright protection
  • upholding finding of infringement because list of premium cards \subjectively based\
  • copying of judgmental selection of “premium” baseball cards is an infringement
  • \Only the 'knowing failure to advise the Copyright Office of facts which might have occasioned a rejection of the application constitutes reason for holding the registration invalid' \
  • \Only the `knowing failure to advise the Copyright Office of facts which might have occasioned a rejection of the application constitute[s] reason for holding the registration invalid' \

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Judges: Feinberg, Winter, Lasker

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