SELCHOW & RIGHTER CO.

v.

WESTERN PRINTING & LITHOGRAPHING CO. ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Brattleboro Publ'g Co. v. Winmill Publ'g Corp., 369 F.2d 565 (2d Cir. 1966)
  …the instance and expense of his employer. In such circumstances, the employer has been presumed to have the copyright. See, e. g., Sawyer v. Crowell Publishing Co., 46 F.Supp. 471 (S.D.N.Y.1942), [*568] aff’d, 142 F. 2d 497 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 323 U.S. 735, 65 S.Ct. 74, 89 L.Ed. 589 (1944) (map created by a government employee). We see no sound reason why these same principles are not applicable when the parties bear the relationship of employer and independent contractor. “Whether the copyright resi…
• Am. Safety Table Co., Inc. v. Schreiber, 269 F.2d 255 (2d Cir. 1959)
  …neral Time Instruments Corp. v. U. S. Time Corp., 2 Cir, 1948, 165 F. 2d 853, certiorari denied 334 U.S. 846, 68 S.Ct. 1515, 92 L.Ed. 1770; Selchow & Righter Co. v. Western Printing & Lithographing Co., 7 Cir., 1944, 142 F. 2d 707, certiorari denied 323 U.S. 735, 65 S.Ct. 75, 89 L.Ed. 589. Thus, the crucial distinction evolved: it was permissible for the purchasers to be confused between products; but any unnecessary confusion as to source would not be condoned. West Point Mfg. Co. v. Detroit Stamping Co.,…
• Scherr v. Universal Match Corp. & United States, 417 F.2d 497 (2d Cir. 1969)
  …the thing created is the property of the employer and any copyright obtained thereon by the employee is deemed held in trust for the employer,” Sawyer v. Crowell Pub. Co., 46 F.Supp. 471, 473 (SDNY 1942), aff’d 142 F. 2d 497 (2 Cir.), cert. denied, 323 U.S. 735, 65 S.Ct. 74, 89 L.Ed. 589 (1944). Also see Brown v. Molle Co., 20 F.Supp. 135, 136 (SDNY 1937), citing Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., 188 U.S. 239, 23 S.Ct. 298, 47 L.Ed. 460 (1903). We must consider whether this doctrine applies to this…