Public Ledger Co. v. New York Times Co.

Second Circuit

Public Ledger Co. v. New York Times Co.

279 F. 747, 1922 U.S. App. LEXIS 1618

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit

DecidedJanuary 26, 1922

DocketNo. 170

StatusPublished

Cited by17 cases

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Public Ledger Co. v. New York Times Co., 279 F. 747, 1922 U.S. App. LEXIS 1618 (2d Cir. 1922).

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

It being admitted and agreed that all plaintiff’s rights, whatever they are, grow out of a certain contract between plaint ff and the Times Publishing Company, Limited, of Great Britain, we ground decision on a single point, and express no opinion on all other matters discussed at bar or suggested in the opinion below.

The point is this •: The contract in question did not, and was not intended to, give plaintiff any authority to copyright in this country the * news, special articles, and other matter” of which plaintiff’s representative was permitted to make a “résumé or copy, * * * for the pur-

pose of transmission to the Public Ledger for publication.”

Since plaintiff was without authority to copyright, its action for infringement of copyright must 'fail.

Decree affirmed, with costs.

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