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· 1/15/1970

Tennessee Fabricating Company, D/B/A Tfc Co. v. Moultrie Manufacturing Company and William E. Smith

Citations

  • 421 F.2d 279
  • 164 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 481
  • 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 11192

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  • “no doubt” that defendant does not avoid infringement by adding additional straight lines to plaintiff’s filigree pattern for metal casting
  • Defendants were found to have infringed plaintiff's copyrighted architectural metal casting unit, although the unit that they used as a mold had the copyright notice obscured by paint.
  • “[T]o constitute ‘fair use’ the permitted use must be for some legitimate, fair and reasonable purpose.”
  • Defendants were found to have infringed plaintiffs copyrighted architectural metal casting unit, although the unit that they used as a mold had the copyright notice obscured by paint.

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Judges: Rives, Coleman, Morgan

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