ELTRA CORPORATION, Appellant,
v.
Barbara A. RINGER, Appellee,
International Typographic Compositon Association and Advertising Typographers Association of America, Inc., Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 9, 1978.
Decided June 14, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
E. Fulton Brylawski, Washington, D. C. (J. Michael Cleary, Robert H. Johnson, Senior Patent Atty., Eltra Corp., Toledo, Ohio, Henry W. Leeds, Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, Washington, D. C., W. Gibson Harris, Annie Marie Whittemore, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.
Jon A. Baumgarten, Gen. Counsel, Library of Congress, New York City (Dorothy M. Schrader, Senior Atty., Library of Congress, James H. Simmonds, Arlington, Va., on brief), for appellee.
Hazel, Beckhorn & Hanes, Fairfax, Va. (Cowen, Liebowitz & Latman, New York City, on brief), for amici curiae International Typographic Composition Ass'n and Advertising Typographers Association of America, Inc.
Before WINTER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves the application of the Copyright Act.1 The appellant is a manufacturer of typesetting equipment. It filed for registration with the Copyright Office a design of an alphabet and other typographical symbols placed on devices used in connection with its equipment. Such symbols are generally known as "typeface designs."2
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