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IThereNo CopyrightGrowingBeardsIjNEW YORK—(IP)—Beyond per-adventure, to take words right outof Federal Judge John M. Wool-sey's mouth, there can be no copyright on the growing of beards.“From time immemorial,” said the court, ‘ beards have been in the public domain. Any man. if so minded, may—-without being subject to challenge, legal or equitable not only grow such beard as hocan, but may purposely imitate another's facial shrubbery, even tothe extent of following such topi-modification thereof have caught his fancy.0Judge Woolsey was ruling in thecase of the House of David of Benton Harbor, Mich.—where beardgrowing is an art —■against toutsaryMurphy of Spring Valley, 111., theproprietor of a bearded baseballteam. The House of David sought —and the court granted—an injunction to stop Murphy from continuing this practice, the House ofDavid claiming prior rights to the use of beards on ball players.The court found nothing wrongin the fact that the Murphy boyswore beards, but held that the useof uniforms hearing the legend “House of David’* was indication“beyond peradventure that the de-as may 'tendant (Murphy) is actuated by adesire not only unfairly to availhimself of the quaint appearanceof the plaintiff's team, but to masquerade as the plaintiff’s team andithua unfairly compete with tt,*Ii
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La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Thu, May 24, 1934
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