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ESQUIRE, INC. v. RINGER

Civ. A. No. 75-1737.

414 F.Supp. 939 (1976)

ESQUIRE, INC., Petitioner, v. Barbara A. RINGER, Respondent.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Arkwright, Arlington, Va., Charles L. Rowe, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

John R. Dugan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GESELL, District Judge.

In this mandamus action, Esquire asks the Court to direct the Register of Copyrights to register Esquire's claims to copyright for an artistic design of a lighting fixture. The fixture is in nontraditional form, devoid of ornamentation or decoration but of pleasing shape and used apparently for outside lighting of parking lots and other open spaces and is well suited to accompany structures of so-called functional...

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