New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-03
A COPYRIGHT DECISION.
THE IMPRINT NOT AN INFRINGEMhNl.
AMERICAN PUBLISHERS MAY USE THE TILL
r,,-cvcropArDIA BRITANNICA

AMERICAN PUBLISHERS MAY USE THE IllLH
EXCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
Judge William J. wallace, in the United states CIR
emit Court Ina, handed down decision ceh!ihs ~
motion for an injunction in the case Of Adam anu
Charles Black the publishers, Of Edinburgh, against
Enrich Brothers of this city. The plalntl1s arc pun
fishers of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Sousn'
to restrain the defendants from selling reprint Va "
In his decision Judge Wallace says; ,.-,,,n,,
The couplaInants publishing firm Of Edlnb 1d,
SGoand Gi%f 15 su New I York city from selling
A work entitled The encyclopaedia brita1ni'' ~
Which IS published by Mcsss. X. > Peale a C0i a..
Chrn-o And nom issuing and distributing cirGIhat5
and advertisements Introductory or the uIin" and
are alleged by the cOmplainans to be h''ie"o'"e ""
1t appears by the pcadngs and depo,Gn3 e
priur 10 ls73 several editions Of Inc
P,5tanncss had be.n issued by various pnblsheT9
me Iat and eighth having been issued in l5oi' dy
1873 the compliments uhdgr,OOh ~ ~ ma da Britan-
Mica ninth edition. They issued tle I'M, IpS. ~ lime
in I-7j and subsequent volumes rom um2 me-, f1Ir
nnt 1850 when the work, consisting OF t"ell'! -Io"
M .6s nrcn,Iation If this work. the compaiiaa1
cyncndGI An enormous sam OF money 1or ~
labor for articles contributed BY Gni, and
and authors for map otaH,SI ot I, mechanical feat
'"' Tbnv inf,ustcsi to llcs,rs Little Brown 'o
of Ro,ton and Messrs Charles aci ~ tboir work in
MS country with the exception however, III VA,
'i,p ~ ia" .. Hiack@ edition. ther volumes soa mr.
h"", t nnrportrd to be published BY them but Drtr
MN tber tic rage the imprint OF different ANU
Tho DEFENDANTS are Offering for sale reprint q sor .o
work published by the compialhaht,i TticeS of the
excrpi tlat i'm the place OF certain t,oe Cf The
original copyrighted pursuant ID iic 49, r,iras TO
tinted states, they have Substitution o'Hr ~ ,.o of
avoid infringement of TIE c!pTlEA,' nm, im that the
tlIc complantnts rests upon the tEt ,u.i cl,%'net
sc,s Of The defendants amount 10 unlawful coilP0O
ton in trade. t,t.od articles the
Win the exception Of the c0pyrghtei artJcs nj
o,t;r, uiarary matter Of The EncFcIopttdia 81
ta,rica7 ninth edition, IS pubic. PrDPGGIS IN, Local
cruntrv NJ least and rival publisher ht7 ulc -
-i,rt 4, make any use OF H. he sees NJ We HIl -
any part Of it and call it by any tlh ac work
Neither the author nor proprietor OF d Hc.N' : 40
no. any property i'm it, name. II j. a tcrIn Va uc
,cr;ption which serves T. ldcnuIF tt I'M nn,,. il
10 anv Other book or 10 any tfade III me
yIded no does not il a. false token 10 ,d
nnlic 70 believe that the thing - WHICH / apptd
: mo Identical thing which II ORIGINALITY u,'~',
II literary property could De protector upon o ,,a1r
that the name by which il i, chr!'tcn"l Il e.l.' n,.
=" tI,dcnarL there would be I'D necessity Tor copy
Ther, is not scntllla Of evidence IN me pre-! !
casn 4, indicate that the de:cpda l. nave Hr,i ".
IA, ;r If the book "a, false token, or Wile az.
t,.ornnts i'm their circular or advertisements VIII
, view 10 lend any person 70 believe ulat u,,,r,
mint f. tlo book which the cDnpAinhN'> PiD.lN,i
Th..r hook denotes on It's title plg" tnAl II ! pun
U.,,d bv r. : Pc1e a CO. at ChcaGo. n'lr tI.u
best the only American one having al inut.i -, r
crcucc- cont .ns article, rewritten hy eminent N'-
cans substituted FOR thoS" In the English edition IS
ircoupqrablc and in short Is r'pr Ma non 81 We
-. ca for what they are worth but they do Iot
t.nd in tho rrnocs degree t. confuse the ~
id.rfitv ~ their boob with that OF the cOmpla!hal''
The mott N for an injunction is denied