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CRUTCHER v. CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 12258.

138 F.Supp. 421 (1956)

Carlile CRUTCHER, an individual, Plaintiff, v. The CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, a corporation, and Curtis Circulation Company, a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard L. Kalish, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Philip H. Strubing, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

GRIM, District Judge.

On the basis of an idea supplied in 1934 by Lawrence S. Leopold, the plaintiff, Carlile Crutcher, developed a cartoon strip bearing the name, "You Be The Judge." The name and strip were first used in commerce July 6, 1936. The plaintiff applied to the Patent Office for registration of the name on October 1, 1936, Serial No. 383,836, for "cartoons published in installments at periodical intervals" in Class 38, Prints and Publications, and the...

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