SOUTHERN BELL TEL. & TEL. v. ASSOC. TELEPHONE DIR.

No. 83-8561.

756 F.2d 801 (1985)

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ASSOCIATED TELEPHONE DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS; C.A. Lewis, individually, Maurice Lewis, individually, and R.L. Cunningham, individually and d/b/a A.T.D. Georgia, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Audrey Biloon, Macon, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

Jerre B. Swann, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from claims of copyright infringement and unfair competition involving the solicitation for and compilation of telephone directories. We affirm the district court's ruling that copyright violations occurred in this case.

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (Southern Bell) is a publisher and distributor of telephone directories for its customers in Florida, Georgia...

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