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NO COPYRIGHT ON* • •• d1| NEW YORK, May 24. (AP).—Beyond peradventure, 10 take• *.words right out of Federal Judge !John M. Woolsey’s mouth, there, ican be no copyright on the grow-;■ mg of beards.'‘From the 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 f beard as he can, but may pur-. posely initate another’s facia1, [shrubbery, even to the extent of ;following such topiary modification thereof as may have'caught .his fancy.^ ^ •i Judge Woolsey was ruling in the case of the House of David .of Benton Harbor, Mich.-—where-:heard growing is-an art-—against .Louis Murphy of Spring Valley,; ilk, the proprietor of a bearded : baseball team* The House of 'David sought—and the court ; granted—an in junction to stop ; Murphy from continuing this■ practice, the House of David j claiming prior rights to the useI of beards on ballplayers. 1 r The court found nothing wrong in the fact that the Murphy boys wore beards, but held that the | use of uniforms bearing thej : legend “House of David” was in-|, d icatiooi ’beyond per ad venture that the. defendant (Murphy) isactuated by a desire not only urt-: fairly to avail hirr.self of the quaint appearance of the plain-1 tiff's team, but to masquerade as; the plaintiff's team and thus un-ifairly compete with it.”
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Thu, May 24, 1934
Page 10
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