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' ' t * -/ -I, * • s * '?V I ” 1 -Y1 * ** VNSW VbflK, May 24 (^-—Beyondperad venture, to take words rightout of Federal Judge John M. Wool*spy’s mouth, there can be nrt copyright oft the growing of beards,.I From time immemorial, said the 'court, beards have been in the plib-He domain. Any man, if so minded, may—-without being subject to challenge, legal or equitable—not only grow such heat’d as he can, but may purposely Imitate another’s facial shrubbery, evert to the extent of following such topiary * modification thereof as may have caught his' fancy.'1Judge Wcolsey Was ruling in theMAY H 1634.lt;fef# ;of the Jtmise of David or Bern tbh ‘Harbor, Mlch.-wher6 ^ard growing i®f:iSn nrt-^-agalpst D'ouis Murphy of Spring Valley, tye proprietor of a.bearded baseball team. The House of David sought—-and the court graffted—an injunction to stop Murphy from continuing this practice, the House of David claiming prior rights to the use of beards on ball players.The court found nothing wrong in the fact that the Murphy boys wore beards, but held that the tyie of uniforms bearing the legend House of David” was Indication beyond perad venture that the defendant (Murphy) is actuated by a desire not only unfairly to avai! himself of the quaint appearance of the quaint appearance of the plaintiff’s team, but to masquerade as the plaintiff’s team and thus unfairly compete with it.”
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Rhinelander Daily News
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, US
Thu, May 24, 1934
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
NA, 09 Jul 2023
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