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· 5/16/1932

Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal

Citations

  • 286 U.S. 123
  • 52 S. Ct. 546
  • 76 L. Ed. 1010
  • 1932 U.S. LEXIS 795

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding violation of patent owner’s “right to exclude” renders monetary remedies inadequate in a wide range of circumstances
  • recognizing corollary right under copyright law to exclude others under licensing right
  • “As this Court has repeatedly said, the Congress did not sanction an existing right but created a new one”
  • “The sole interest of the United States . . . lie[s] in the general benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors”
  • copyright owner claiming copyright renders it immune from state taxation of copyright royalties
  • copyright owner claiming copyright renders it immune from state taxation of copyright royalties

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Judges: Hughes

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