Trowler v. Phillips

260 F.2d 924 119 U.S.P.Q. 164 C. H. TROWLER, doing business as Standard Maps, Appellant, v. M. Penn PHILLIPS and M. Penn Phillips, doing business as M. Penn Phillips, Associates; Western Woods of Hesperia, a limited partnership; William Harwick, John Kagan and Bert B. Brant, doing business as Harwick, Kagan & Brant; Fred W. Austin, William R. Blumfield and Harold W. Diede, Copartners, doing business as Industrial Lithographers, Appellees. No. 15923. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Sept. 29, 1958. Melville B. Nimmer, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellant. Porter C. Blackburn, Burbank, Cal., George R. Maury, Los Angeles, Cal., Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin & Berkowitz, Frank Mankiewicz, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellees. Before POPE, CHAMBERS and BARNES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. 1 Trowler is a map maker. He has received certificates of copyright under the copyright laws of the United States for maps entitled 'Hesperia' (a local area being rapidly developed in San Bernardino County, California) and 'Antelope Valley, Portion of Kern County-San Bernardino County.' 1 2 In the district court four separate complaints were filed by Trowler against different groups of…