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..... thus abandoned, we do not see how it could be reclaimed by collecting such parts together in the form of a book unless we are to assume that the copyright act covers the process of aggregation as well as that of intellectual production. the contrary is the fact. if the patent law furnishes any analogy in this particular -- and ..... be obtained after the several parts, whether published separately or collectively, had been in general circulation for years. surely this cannot be within the spirit of the act. under the english copyright act of 1845, provision is made for the publication of works in a series of books or parts, but it has always been held that each part of ..... is a book within the meaning of the act. henderson v. maxwell, l.r. 4 ch.div. 163; bradbury v. sharp, w.n. (1891) 143. we have not overlooked the inconvenience which our conclusions will cause if, in order to protect their articles from piracy, authors are compelled to copyright each chapter or installment as it may appear in a .....
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..... laws of taxation, for the regulation of foreign, federal, and indian commerce, and so for the abolition of the slave trade, for the protection of copyrights and inventions, for the establishment of postal communication and courts of justice, and for the punishment of crimes are as operative there as within the states. ..... and enjoyment, or the perfect right of acquisition and enjoyment, of an entire equality of privileges, civil and political. thus vattel, in the preliminary chapter to his treatise on the law of nations, says: "nations or states are bodies politic, societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting ..... in the mississippi territory, were adopted. a territorial government was organized between the chattahoochee and mississippi rivers. this was within the limits of georgia. these acts dismembered georgia. they established a separate government upon her soil, while they rather derisively professed "that the establishment of that government shall in no respects .....
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..... abolished all monopolies except grants for a term of years to the inventors of new manufactures. this exception is the groundwork of patents for new inventions and copyrights of books. these have always been sustained as beneficial to the state. but all other monopolies were abolished as tending to the impoverishment of the people ..... this liberty is assumed to be the natural right of every englishman. the struggle of the english people against monopolies forms one of the most interesting and instructive chapters in their history. it finally ended in the passage of the statute of 21st james i, by which it was declared "that all monopolies and all ..... new orleans, at the same time authorizing the company to erect other landing-places and other slaughterhouses at any points consistent with the provisions of the act. the act then provides that, when the slaughterhouses and accessory buildings have been completed and thrown open for use, public notice thereof shall be given for thirty days .....
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..... class of actions. whether the district courts still have exclusive jurisdiction over an action to recover for a forfeiture or a penalty arising from a violation of the copyright act, it is not necessary to page 175 u. s. 153 here determine, because we think that section 4966 of the revised statutes, upon which this suit is ..... to section 4966 of the revised statutes, while the second alleged that the defendant had infringed his copyright in violation of the provisions of that section, and that, "by virtue of the provisions of said act of congress [the copyright act] and of said section 4966 of the revised statutes of the united states, the defendant then and ..... dollars for every subsequent performance, as to the court having cognizance thereof shall appear to be just." section 101 of chapter 230 of the statutes of 1870, 16 stat.198, 214, reenacted the provision of the act of 1856, page 175 u. s. 154 giving damages to the proprietor of any dramatic composition against any person wrongfully .....
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..... same. they constitute and make plain the wrong complained of -- the violation of the right to exclusive use. in the oursler case, there was a valid copyright which was held not infringed. here, the trial court determined the trademark was invalid. the oursler case held that, where the causes of action are different, ..... or of the character or quality of such goods, or merely a geographical name or term, shall be registered under the terms of this subdivision of this chapter: provided further, that no portrait of a living individual may be registered as a trademark except by the consent of such individual, evidenced by an instrument in ..... stat. 534. "any person who shall, without the consent of the owner thereof, reproduce, counterfeit, copy, or colorably imitate any trademark on the register provided by this act and shall affix the same to merchandise of substantially the same descriptive properties as those set forth in the registration, or to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, or .....
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..... order of the interstate commerce commission;" 1399, "for the partition of lands, where the united states is one of the tenants in common or joint tenants;" 1400, actions "relating to copyrights" or "for patent infringement;" 1401, "by a stockholder on behalf of his corporation;" 1402, "against the united states;" and 1403, "to condemn real estate for the use of the united ..... states." [ footnote 8 ] act of june 25, 1948, 62 stat. 869, 991, 33. [ footnote 9 ] "under this chapter an action may be brought in a district court of the united states, in the district of the residence of the defendant, or in .....
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..... 23 argued october 17, 1956 decided june 3, 1957 353 u.s. 657 certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit syllabus petitioner was convicted in a federal district court of violating 18 u.s.c. 1001 by filing, under 9(h) of the national labor relations act, as president of a labor union, an affidavit ..... and american workers to cut off production to slow down the korean war effort. matusow also testified that, when he told the petitioner that he had joined the taos chapter of the mexican-american association, the petitioner told him that this was proper communist work because the association was a key organization, controlled page 353 u. s. 665 ..... informant's name and did not touch on the problem of the disclosure of government documents. [ footnote 3/3 ] in gold v. united states, 352 u. s. 985 (1957), this court reversed and remanded the case for a new trial because of official intrusion into the privacy of the jury. the case was dismissed on oral motion of the .....
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..... arrangement." "second. use a fighting ship either separately or in conjunction with any other carrier, through agreement or otherwise. the term 'fighting ship' in this chapter means a vessel used in a particular trade by a carrier or group of carriers for the purpose of excluding, preventing, or reducing competition by driving another carrier ..... .s. supreme court fmb v. isbrandtsen co., inc., 356 u.s. 481 (1958) federal maritime board v. isbrandtsen co., inc. no. 73 argued december 11, 1957 decided may 19, 1958 * 356 u.s. 481 certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit syllabus the federal maritime board issued an ..... congress, substantially the same bill was reintroduced, h.r. 15455, 64th cong., 1st sess., and became the shipping act of 1916. [ footnote 12 ] section 15 provides: "every common carrier by water, or other person subject to this chapter, shall file immediately with the federal maritime board a true copy, or, if oral, a true and complete .....
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..... his views in doucette v. vincent, 194 f.2d 834. [ footnote 2/17 ] the seventh 5-year index-digest of american maritime cases, 1953-1957 (1957), xliii-xlviii. this source reports all state court decisions, including those not published otherwise. [ footnote 2/18 ] the court later, however, recognizes that ..... new york corporations, and international terminal operating company, a delaware corporation, are of diverse citizenship from the petitioner, a spanish subject. since the jones act provides an independent basis of federal jurisdiction over the non-diverse respondent, compania trasatlantica, the rule of strawbridge v. curtiss, 3 cranch 267, does ..... of jurisdiction have been carefully wrought to correspond to the realities of power and interest and national policy. to give a novel sweep to the act would disrupt traditional maritime policies, and quite gratuitously disturb a complementary, historic interacting federal-state relationship. an infusion of general maritime jurisdiction into the .....
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..... or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, in any proceeding, suit, or prosecution under chapter 1 of this title or any law amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto: provided, that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury committed in ..... have the same rights, privileges, and immunities, and be subject to the same duties, liabilities, and penalties, as though such matter arose under chapter 1 of this title (part i of the interstate commerce act). . . . [ footnote 3 ]" the obvious purpose and effect of this page 359 u. s. 45 language is to confer the same immunity upon a ..... ; hale v. henkel, 201 u. s. 43 , 201 u. s. 46 ; united states v. curcio, 234 f.2d 470, 473, reversed on other grounds, 354 u. s. 118 (1957); lopiparo v. united states, 216 f.2d 87; united states v. weinberg, 65 f.2d 394, 396. for the earlier practice at common law, see people ex rel. phelps v .....
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