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PATTERSON v. CENTURY PRODUCTIONS

No. 57.

93 F.2d 489 (1937)

PATTERSON v. CENTURY PRODUCTIONS, Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 6, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krellberg & Fitzsimons, of New York City (Edward A. Sargoy and Alfred S. Krellberg, both of New York City, of counsel), for complainant-appellee.

Henry Pearlman, Maxwell E. Sparrow, and Percy Freeman, all of New York City (Henry Pearlman, of New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

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

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff took about 15,000 feet of moving picture film showing wild animal scenes while on a hunting trip in Africa in 1927. He had the film developed and some 6,000 feet of it selected and arranged in eight reels, which together made up a motion picture that was given the title, "Shooting Big Game with a Camera."

On April 12, 1928, he filed his application for copyright registration under section 11 of the Copyright Act, as amended...

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