JACKSON v. UNIVERSAL INTERNAT. PICTURES

Docket No. L.A. 21388.

36 Cal.2d 116 (1950)

222 P.2d 433

FREDERICK JACKSON, Respondent, v. UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURES INC. et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loeb & Loeb, Adrian A. Kragen, Harry B. Swerdlow and Herman F. Selvin for Appellants.

Wright & Garrett and Harold F. Collins, Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Harold A. Fendler for Respondent.

Morris Cohn, Richard L. Rykoff, Aubrey I. Finn, Arthur Garfield Hays and Morris Lavine, Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


EDMONDS, J.

Frederick Jackson, the author of a play which was not a theatrical success, sued to recover damages assertedly resulting from the unauthorized use of its title. The principal ground relied upon as requiring a reversal of the judgment in his favor is that the evidence shows no acquisition by the title of a secondary meaning.

The first count of the complaint alleged that Jackson is the author of a play...

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