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BRIEF ENGLISH SYSTEMS v. OWEN

No. 317.

48 F.2d 555 (1931)

BRIEF ENGLISH SYSTEMS, Inc., v. OWEN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

April 6, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Beaudry, of New York City, for appellant.

Clarence M. Crews, of New York City (Edgar M. Kitchin, of Washington, D. C., and White & Case and William St. John Tozer, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

In so far as the plaintiff claims to have the exclusive right to the use of a published system of shorthand, this suit must fail. There is no literary merit in a mere system of condensing written words into less than the number of letters usually used to spell them out. Copyrightable material is found, if at all, in the explanation of how to do it. Guthrie v. Curlett et al. (C. C. A.) 36 F.2d...

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