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DETECTIVE COMICS v. BRUNS PUBLICATIONS

No. 203.

111 F.2d 432 (1940)

DETECTIVE COMICS, Inc., v. BRUNS PUBLICATIONS, Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

April 29, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, of New York City (Horace S. Manges and Gabriel Kaslow, both of New York City, of counsel), for complainant-appellee.

Koenig, Bachner & Koenig, of New York City, for defendant-appellant Bruns Publications, Inc.

Samuel A. Fried, of New York City (Asher Blum, of New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants Kable News Co. and Interborough News Co.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The complainant is the owner of eleven copyrights for a like number of monthly issues of a periodical known as "Action Comics". Judge Woolsey found that these copyrights were infringed by a magazine of the defendant Bruns Publications Inc., (hereinafter called Bruns) and known as "Wonderman". He found infringement both by Bruns and by the defendants Kable News Company and Interborough News Co., who were the distributing agents of Bruns...

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