INDEPENDENT NEWS CO. v. WILLIAMS

Civ. A. No. 28140.

184 F.Supp. 877 (1960)

INDEPENDENT NEWS CO., Inc., National Comics Publications, Inc. Superman, Inc. v. Harry WILLIAMS.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goff & Rubin, by Alexander N. Rubin, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

William R. Pomerantz, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


WOOD, District Judge.

1. The plaintiff, Independent News Co., Inc., is a New York distributor of magazines engaged in a $35,000,000 a year business throughout the United States. The plaintiff National Comics Publications, Inc., is the publisher of comic books under some 45 different titles. The plaintiff, Superman, Inc., owns the copyrights and trademarks covering the various titles and characters appearing in the said comic books.

2. The defendant, Harry...

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