HEIM v. UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO.

No. 178.

154 F.2d 480 (1946)

HEIM v. UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 16, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Pearlman, of New York City, for appellant.

Julian T. Abeles, of New York City, for appellees.

Before L. HAND, CLARK, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

1. The Hungarian publisher, the proprietor at the time of the copyright registration on September 14, 1936, was a citizen of a foreign country with which the United States has a treaty extending copyright protection to Hungarian citizens in accord with § 8(b).1 As publication in Hungary occurred on November 11, 1935, the registration followed publication, and therefore § 9, not § 11, applied. As on...

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