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S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. v. DROP DEAD CO.

No. 1113-59-PH.

201 F.Supp. 442 (1961)

S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC., Plaintiff, v. DROP DEAD CO., Inc., Defendant.

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

December 26, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis S. Garner, Woodson, Pattishall & Garner, and Washington, D. C., Fulwider, Mattingly & Huntley, Warren L. Patton, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

William C. Babcock, Long Beach, Cal., for defendants.

HALL, Chief Judge.

Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment on plaintiff's First Cause of Action (copyright infringement of its label "Pledge") is made on the ground that plaintiff had distributed advertising placards to grocers throughout the United States with a picture of its cans of "Pledge" which did not have the copyright symbol on them (an admitted fact), and that such acts constitute a publication and dedication to the public so as to void the copyright.

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