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DORAN v. SUNSET HOUSE DISTRIBUTING CORP.

No. 1342-60.

197 F.Supp. 940 (1961)

Verna H. DORAN, William E. Doran and Verna H. Doran dba Plasti-Personalities, a sole proprietorship, Plaintiffs, v. SUNSET HOUSE DISTRIBUTING CORP., a corporation, and American Cover Co., Inc., a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

September 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Carr, William E. Moore, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Vaughan, Brandlin & Baggot and Marvin A. Freeman, Attorneys, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

BYRNE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed their complaint in two counts for copyright infringement and unfair competition, invoking the court's jurisdiction under the copyright laws of the United States, Title 17 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., and under Title 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1338(a) and 1338(b).

In the first count, plaintiffs state that they are the authors and proprietors of a work of art, namely a Santa Claus figure, for which they obtained copyright...

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