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KOVACS v. MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

Docket No. 17228.

99 Cal.App.2d 56 (1950)

221 P.2d 108

EDWARD KOVACS, Respondent, v. MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

August 18, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crider, Runkle & Tilson and Clarence B. Runkle for Appellants.

Herzbrun, Chantry & Gleis and Allen M. Singer for Respondent.

VALLEE, J.

Appeal by defendants from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $25,000 entered upon a verdict of a jury in an action based upon the alleged appropriation by defendants of a radio program and format which plaintiff claims to have originated.

The complaint contains two causes of action. The first, based upon the alleged plagiarism of a common-law copyright, alleges that: during 1944 plaintiff "originated...

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