T. W. WARNER CO.

v.

ANDREWS ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Walt Disney Prods. v. The AIR Pirates, 581 F.2d 751 (9th Cir. 1978)
  …1914 that have held comic strip characters protectable under the old Copyright Act. See Detective Comics, Inc. v. Bruns Publications Inc., 111 F. 2d 432 (2d Cir. 1940); Fleischer Studios v. Freundlich, 73 F. 2d 276 (2d Cir. 1934), certiorari denied, 294 U.S. 717, 55 S.Ct. 516, 79 L.Ed. 1250; King Features Syndicate v. Fleischer, 299 F. 533 (2d Cir. 1924); Detective Comics, Inc. v. Fox Publications Inc., 46 F.Supp. 872 (S.D.N.Y.1942); Hill v. Whalen & Martell, [*755] Inc., 220 F. 359 (S.D.N.Y.1914); 1 Nimmer…
• Universal Pictures Co., Inc. v. Harold Lloyd Corp., 162 F.2d 354 (9th Cir. 1947)
  …if such differences are shown to exist, the question remains for the trier of fact to decide the issue. Pellegrini v. Allegrini, D.C., 2 F. 2d 610. And in Fleischer Studios, Inc. v. Ralph A. Freundlich, Inc., 2 Cir., 73 F. 2d 276, 278, cert. denied 294 U.S. 717, 55 S.Ct. 516, 79 L.Ed. 1250, the court found the test of infringement to be whether the work is “recognizable by an ordinary observer as having been taken from the copyrighted source. Such is an infringement * * Slight difference and variations wil…
• Shapiro v. Jerry Vogel Music Co., Inc., 161 F.2d 406 (2d Cir. 1946)
  …nt innocent persons who are unaware of the existence of the copyright from ■incurring the penalties of infringers by making use of the copyrighted work. See Fleischer Studios v. Ralph A. Freundlich, Inc., 2 Cir., 73 F. 2d 276, 277, certiorari denied 294 U.S. 717, 55 S.Ct. 516, 79 L.Ed. 1250; Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53, 55, 4 S.Ct. 279, 28 L.Ed. 349. The published notice was sufficient to inform a prospective copyist that Bennett was trying to get copyright protection for the publis…