MASON

v.

IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Shapiro v. H. L. Green Co., Inc., 316 F.2d 304 (2d Cir. 1963)
  …inancial interest in the exploitation of copyrighted materials — even in the absence of actual knowledge that the copyright monopoly is being impaired, see De Acosta v. Brown, 146 F. 2d 408 (2d Cir. 1944), cert. denied, Hearst Magazines v. De Acosta 325 U.S. 862, 65 S.Ct. 1197, 89 L.Ed. 1983 (1945) — the purposes of copyright law may be best effectuated by the imposition of liability upon the beneficiary of that exploitation. The two lines of precedent most nearly relevant to the case before us are those w…
• Kamar Int'l, Inc. v. Russ Berrie & Co., 657 F.2d 1059 (9th Cir. 1981)
  …aintiff and defendant were dealing had possession of plaintiff’s work is sufficient to establish access by the defendant.. . . ” 3 Nimmer on Copyright, § 13.02[A] at 13-11 (1981), citing DeAcosta v. Brown, 146 F. 2d 408 (2d Cir. 1944), cert. denied, 325 U.S. 862, 65 S.Ct. 1197, 89 L.Ed. 1983 (1945). The court was, therefore, in error in failing to shift to Berrie the burden of proof. The court failed to find similarity between Berrie and Kamar’s stuffed toy animals. The court used too strict a test. The te…
• EL Greco Leather Prods. Co., Inc. v. Shoe World, Inc., 806 F.2d 392 (2d Cir. 1986)
  …sufficient “use” for it to be liable for the results of such infringement and its claimed lack of knowledge of its supplier’s infringement, even if true, provides no defense. See De Acosta v. Brown, 146 F. 2d 408, 410-12 (2d Cir.1944), cert. denied, 325 U.S. 862, 65 S.Ct. 1198, 89 L.Ed. 1983 (1945); Bowmar Instrument Corporation v. Continental Microsystems, Inc., 497 F.Supp. 947, 957 (S.D.N.Y.1980); 2 J. McCarthy, Trademarks and Unfair Competition § 25.5, at 179 (2d ed. 1984); 3 M. Nimmer on Copyright ¶ 13.…