COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. TELEPROMPTER CORP.

No. 353, Docket 72-1800.

476 F.2d 338 (1973)

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TELEPROMPTER CORPORATION and Conley Electronics Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asa D. Sokolow and Seymour Graubard, New York City (Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek, Freund & Emil, New York City, for appellant Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.; Marshall, Bratter, Greene, Allison & Tucker, New York City, for appellant Calvada Productions; Alexander & Green, New York City, for appellant Jack Chertok Television, Inc.; Graubard, Moskovitz, McGoldrick, Dannett & Horowitz, New York City, for appellant Dena Pictures, Incorporated, on the brief), for appellants.

Robert C. Barnard, Washington, D. C., and Julius Levy, New York City (Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, R. Michael Duncan, Washington, D. C., of counsel, and Katz, Rosensweig & Sindle, David Z. Rosensweig, New York City, of counsel, on the brief), for appellees.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Herman, Finkelstein, Simon H. Rifkind, Jay H. Topkis and Paul L. Laskin, New York City, on the brief, amicus curiae for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Stuart F. Feldstein, Charles S. Walsh and Stephen A. Gold, Washington, D. C., on the brief, amicus curiae for National Cable Television Association, Inc.

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, Louis Nizer, Gerald Meyer and Gerald F. Phillips, New York City, of counsel, on the brief, amicus curiae for Motion Picture Association of America, and others.

Before LUMBARD, KAUFMAN and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS), Calvada Productions, Jack Chertok Television, Inc., and Dena Pictures, Incorporated appeal from a final judgment entered after trial in the Southern District. Appellants commenced this copyright infringement action1 against defendants-appellees, Teleprompter Corporation (Teleprompter) and its subsidiary Conley...

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