Martinoff v. Chapin
Martinoff v. Chapin
100 F.2d 1017; 1938 U.S. App. LEXIS 2777
(Federal Reporter, Second Series)
Martinoff v. Chapin
Opinion of the Court
In a suit for infringement of a registered copyright on charts showing two positions of automobile chassis as a guide for lubrication thereof, it appearing that the source of the arrangement of information thereon was either charts prepared by the plaintiff for the defendants while in their employ or a source common to both, and that adaptation does not rise to the dignity of authorship, the decree below dismissing the proceeding is hereby affirmed.
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