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G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS v. LANCER BOOKS, INC.

251 F.Supp. 210 (1966)

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, Plaintiffs, v. LANCER BOOKS, INC., J. W. Clement Co., and Publishers Distributing Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rembar & Zolotar, New York City, for plaintiffs, G. P. Putnam's Sons and Mason Hoffenberg.

Martin Garbus, New York City, for Terry Southern.

Amster & Rothstein, New York City, for defendants; Bernard L. Goldstein, New York City, of counsel for Lancer Books, Inc., Falk, Twelvetrees, Johnston & Siemer, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel, for J. W. Clement Co., Benjamin E. Winston, New York City, of counsel, for Publishers Distributing Corporation.

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge:

This action for copyright infringement and unfair competition concerns the novel "Candy,"1 which for a considerable period headed the best seller list.

Plaintiffs Southern and Hoffenberg are the authors of the novel. Plaintiff G. P. Putnam's Sons (Putnam) is the publisher of both a hard cover and a later paperback version. Defendant Lancer Books, Inc. (Lancer) has also published a paperback...

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