BAILEY v. LOGAN SQUARE TYPOGRAPHERS, INC.

No. 18416.

441 F.2d 47 (1971)

W. Paul BAILEY, d/b/a Lettergraphics Photo Process Lettering Service, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOGAN SQUARE TYPOGRAPHERS, INC., Donald C. Jensen and John Herman, d/b/a Herman Typographers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. William Bedrava, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Henehan, Donovan & Isaacson, Edward V. Donovan, Kenneth B. Samuels, Altheimer, Gray, Naiburg, Strasburger & Lawton, Lionel G. Gross, Wilber H. Boies, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before KILEY, KERNER and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff asserts exclusive rights in over 270 alphabet styles. Defendants contend that the uncopyrighted alphabets, having been published generally, are in the public domain and, therefore, as a matter of federal law, plaintiff's monopoly claims must be rejected. The complaint, charging a wrongful appropriation of intellectual property, was filed in the state court and removed on the ground that it raised questions under the Federal Copyright...

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