National Cloak & Suit Co. v. Standard Mail Order Co.

Citations

• 191 F. 528
• 1911 U.S. App. LEXIS 5534

Syllabus

<p>Copyrights (§ 39*) — Infringement—Manufacturers’ Catalogues.</p> <p>A manufacturer of unpatented articles cannot practically monopolize their sale by copyrighting a catalogue containing illustrations of them; nor can another manufacturer of identical articles be deprived of the right to illustrate them in his catalogue, providing his illustrations are not in fact copied from the copyrighted catalogue.</p> <p>TEd. Note. — For other cases, see Copyrights, Cent. Dig. § 39; Dec. Dig. § 39.*]</p>