SOUTHWESTERN BELL T. CO. v. NATIONWIDE IND. DIR. SERV., INC.

Civ. No. HS 72-C-21.

371 F.Supp. 900 (1974)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. NATIONWIDE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORY SERVICE, INC., a corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Arkansas, Hot Springs Division.

January 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. King, Ronald T. LeMay, and Herschel H. Friday, Jr., Smith, Williams, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff.

John T. Harmon, Harmon, Wallace & Hilburn, North Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.


OPINION

OREN HARRIS, Chief Judge.

This is an action for copyright infringement and unfair competition. Plaintiff first charges that defendants have copied, in a telephone directory published by defendants, listings and art work from plaintiff's copyrighted telephone directory in violation of the Copyright Act of 1909, 17 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq. Plaintiff's second cause of action sounds in unfair competition and challenges defendant's use of the phrase...

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