NIKANOV v. SIMON & SCHUSTER


144 F.Supp. 375 (1956)

Fedor I. NIKANOV, Plaintiff, v. SIMON & SCHUSTER, Inc., Margarita Madrigal and Sonia Bleeker, also known as Sonia Zin, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Borris M. Komar, New York City, for plaintiff.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City (Jay H. Topkis, Robert A. Low, New York City, of counsel), for defendants Simon & Schuster, Inc., and Margarita Madrigal.


THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.

This is an action for copyright infringement and unfair competition arising from the publication of a book entitled, An Invitation to Russian.

The plaintiff, an American citizen of Russian birth, is an educator and for some time has been employed by the New York State Department of Education as a teacher of Russian. He is also managing director of the Language Guild, an institution which gives instructions in languages in...

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