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Gross v Seligman: 1914

United States – Second Circuit – The copying of a photograph so as to infringe does not require a facsimile reproduction, it is enough to recreate the scene or a substantial part of it. Infringement is not confined to exact reproduction but includes colorable alterations made to disguise the piracy.

Citations:

212 F 930 (1914)

Cited by:

CitedTemple Island Collections Ltd v New English Teas Ltd and Another PCC 12-Jan-2012
The claimant asserted infringement of their copyright in a photograph. It showed the Houses of Parliament in black and white with a London bus in red. The original action had been settled and the proposed image withdrawn as a copy. The defendants . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Intellectual Property, International

Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.535640

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