Cain v. Universal Pictures Co.

Cain v. Universal Pictures Co.
CourtUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California
Full case name CAIN v. UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., Inc., et al.
DecidedDecember 14, 1942
Citation47 F.Supp. 1013 (1942)
Court membership
Judge sittingLeon Yankwich
Keywords
copyright infringement

Cain v. Universal Pictures Co. (1942) was the first case in the United States to define the doctrine of "scènes à faire" as it applies to copyright law. Judge Leon Rene Yankwich introduced the term.

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