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CASES
1920-1929List of Cases
Year | Country | Case Name | Court | Complaining Work | Defending Work | Complaining Author | Defending |
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1923 | UK | Austin v. Columbia Gramophone Co. | Ch D | Themes from opera "Polly" | Themes from opera "Polly" | John Gay | John Gay |
1923 | US | Hein v. Harris | 2d Cir. | Maria Cahill's Arab Love Song | I Think I Hear a Woodpecker | Silvio Hein | Joseph Howard |
1923 | US | Marks v. Leo Feist, Inc. | 2d Cir. | Wedding Dance Waltzes | Swanee River Moon | Paul Linke | H. Pitman Clarke |
1924 | US | Fred Fisher, Inc. v. Dillingham | S.D.N.Y. | Dardanella | Ka-lu-a | Felix Bernard & Johnny Black | Jerome Kern |
1928 | US | Italian Book Company v. Rossi | S.D.N.Y. | Luna Mezzo Mare | Mamma Mia M'ha Maritan | Paolo Citorello | A. A.Galasso |