FARMERS INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO. v. THORMAN

No. 86-C-660-S.

648 F.Supp. 457 (1986)

FARMERS INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY, Luck Telephone Company, Milltown Mutual Telephone Company, Siren Telephone Company, Amery Telephone Company, Solon Springs Telephone Company, Osceola Telephone Company, St Croix Telephone Company, Somerset Telephone Company and Baldwin Telecom, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Glyn THORMAN, d/b/a Blue Pages Communications and d/b/a Great Northwest Communications, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

November 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Markson, Bell, Metzner & Gierhart, Madison, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Timothy J. Laux, Osceola, Wis., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHABAZ, District Judge.

Before the Court is plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 502. Plaintiffs, who are publishers of several copyrighted telephone directories in northwest Wisconsin, seek to enjoin defendant Glyn Thorman (and the businesses operated by him as sole proprietorships) from publishing or marketing any work infringing on these copyrighted directories. Jurisdiction is conferred by...

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