Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1910

Binns v. Vitagraph Co. of America

Binns v. Vitagraph Co. of America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 15, 1910 · Dowling, McLaughlin
140 A.D. 925
Binns v. Vitagraph Co. of America

Dissenting Opinion

McLaughlin, J. (dissenting):

I think the judgment should be modified so that the defendant should be only enjoined from using the plaintiff’s name in connection with the circular and the production referred to.

Dissenting Opinion

Dowling,' J. (dissenting):

I dissent upon the ground that the use of the plaintiff’s name upon the film itself is not a use, within the meaning of the statute,* for advertising purposes or for the purpose of trade; and that the unlawful use of the plaintiff’s name upon the circular advertising the films in question for lease to the trade is not within the scope of the complaint, nor relied upon as a foundation for the judgment.

See Civil Rights Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 6; Laws of 1909, chap. 14), §§ 50, 51.— [Rep.

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