Higgins v. Keuffel

Higgins v. Keuffel
Higgins v. Keuffel
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 7–8, 1891; Decided May 11, 1891
Full case name	Higgins v. Keuffel
Citations	140 U.S. 428 (more) 11 S. Ct. 731; 35 L. Ed. 470
Holding
	A label describing the contents of a container is not subject to copyright.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Stephen J. Field · Joseph P. Bradley; John M. Harlan · Horace Gray; Samuel Blatchford · Lucius Q. C. Lamar II; David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown
Case opinion
Majority	Field, joined by unanimous

Higgins v. Keuffel, 140 U.S. 428 (1891), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held a label describing the contents of a container is not subject to copyright.[1]

References

Higgins v. Keuffel, 140 U.S. 428 (1891).

External links

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[1] Higgins v. Keuffel, 140 U.S. 428 (1891).