LEE v. RUNGE

No. 70-263.

404 U.S. 887 (1971)

LEE ET AL. v. RUNGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 19, 1971.


Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

Petitioner Lee infringed respondent's copyright and a verdict was rendered against her. Petitioner argued that because the congressional power over copyrights and patents stemmed from the same constitutional provision, they both should be governed by the same standard. Thus, petitioner contended that the copyright was invalid because the book in question lacked "novelty," but the Court of Appeals rejected...

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