Re: brochure / order form

On 97-06-03, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
> >
> > There are some landmark cases in this area, are there not? Which
> > cases should I look up?
>
> Baker v. Selden.
> Morrissey v. Proctor & Gamble.
> Bibbero Systems v. Colwell Systems.
> Continental Casualty v. Beardsley.
>
> I would add Kregos v. Associated Press, a "blank forms" case in
> compilation clothing. It went the opposite of Bibbero.

See also Shepler's Catalog Sales, Inc. v. Old West Dry Goods Corp., 830 F Supp 566 (D. Kan. 1993), directly on point. There the court stated that copying only the order form out of a competitor's catalog did not amount to infringement as no "protectable" matter was taken.

Bob Penn
<thresshold[_at_]aol.com> Received on Tue Jun 03 1997 - 22:25:48 GMT