KHAN v. LEO FEIST, INC.


70 F.Supp. 450 (1947)

KHAN v. LEO FEIST, Inc., et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

February 24, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emil K. Ellis, of New York City (Myron A. Ellis, of New York City, and Abraham J. Heller, of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Julian T. Abeles, of New York City, (Benjamin G. Weil, of New York City, of counsel), for defendants.


BYERS, District Judge.

The plaintiff alleges infringement by the defendants of the former's copyright of the words and lyrics of the song "Rum and Coca-Cola" contained in a booklet called "Victory Calypsoes, 1943 Souvenir Collection" published and copyrighted in Trinidad, B.W.I., on March 1, 1943.

The plaintiff obtained a United States copyright for the booklet on June 29, 1945, following an ad interim copyright of May 1, 1945, granted pursuant to Presidential...

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