Case Name: Alexander D. MARTINOFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lawrence W. CHAPIN and Ralph S. Dennis, d. b. a. Lubrichart Company, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1938-12-13
Citations: 100 F.2d 1017
Docket Number: No. 7677
Parties: Alexander D. MARTINOFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lawrence W. CHAPIN and Ralph S. Dennis, d. b. a. Lubrichart Company, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 100
Pages: 1017–1017

Head Matter:
Alexander D. MARTINOFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lawrence W. CHAPIN and Ralph S. Dennis, d. b. a. Lubrichart Company, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 7677.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Dec. 13, 1938.
Hawgood & Van Horn, of Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant.
Woodling & Krost, of Cleveland, Ohio, for appellees.
Before HICKS, SIMONS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER curiam:.
In a suit for infringement of a registered copyright on charts showing two positions of automobile chassis as a guide for lubrication thereof, it appearing that the source of the arrangement of information thereon was either charts prepared by the plaintiff for the defendants while in their employ or a source common to both, and that adaptation does not rise to the dignity of authorship, the decree below dismissing the proceeding is hereby affirmed.