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UNITED DICTIONARY CO. v. MERRIAM CO.

No. 129.

208 U.S. 260 (1908)

UNITED DICTIONARY COMPANY v. G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George P. Fisher, Jr., Mr. James H. Peirce and Mr. William Henry Dennis, for appellant, submitted.

Mr. William B. Hale, with whom Mr. Charles N. Judson, Mr. Frank F. Reed and Mr. Edward S. Rogers were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit brought by the appellee to restrain the infringement of copyright in a book entitled "Webster's High School Dictionary." The appellee, a Massachusetts corporation, took out copyrights at the same time in England and here. It published and sold the book in this country with the statutory notice of copyright, and made a contract with English publishers, under...

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