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NO COPYRIGHT ON BEARDS ROLES JUDGE“Prom time immemorial, said the court, “beard* fture been la the pub* lie domain. Any man, if so minded, , may—without belay subject to cal* ' lenge, legfl or equitable — not only j yrow such be rad as he can, but may purposely imitate another's facial 1 shrubbery, eren to the %xtent of fot-) lowing such topiary modification there of as may have caught his faacy.Jude* Woolsay tiras ruling in the 1 ease of the House of Dtvd of Beaton 1 Harbor, Mich, where beard frovisg is cn art —against Louis Murphy of Spring alley. ILL the proprietor of a bearded baseball team. The House of David sought — and the court granted—an injunction to stop Murphey from continuing this practice, the House of David claiming prior rights to the use of beards on ballplayers.The court found nothing wrong m the fact that the Murphey boys wore beards, but held that the use of uniform! bearing the legend “House of David was indication “beyond per-adventure that the defendant (Mur* phy) is actuated by a desire not only unfairly to avail himself of the qutant apperence of the plaintifT» team, but to masquarade as the plaint iff’* team and thus unfairly compete with it “New ^ .»rk. May « kPl -Be- 1yond peradv* nf urr I • take words right out **f Federal Judge J*hn M Wuol»e\ * mouth ther* ran Ih* n** | copyright *#n the growing *»f heard*
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Salisbury Times
Salisbury, Maryland, US
Fri, May 25, 1934
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