DeJonge & Co. v. Breuker & Kessler Co.

DeJonge & Co. v. Breuker & Kessler Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 27–28, 1914 Decided November 9, 1914
Full case name	DeJonge and Company v. Breuker and Kessler Company
Citations	235 U.S. 33 ( more ) 35 S. Ct. 6; 59 L. Ed. 113
Holding
Every instance of a copyrighted work must observe copyright notice formalities for the work to maintain copyright, even if the work appears multiple times on the same sheet of paper. Every copy of a copyrighted painting must bear the notice for the painting to maintain copyright.
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna  · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day  · Charles E. Hughes Willis Van Devanter  · Joseph R. Lamar Mahlon Pitney  · James C. McReynolds
Case opinion
Majority	Holmes, joined by a unanimous court
Laws applied
Copyright Act of 1909

DeJonge & Co. v. Breuker & Kessler Co., 235 U.S. 33 (1914), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held every instance of a copyrighted work must observe copyright notice formalities for the work to maintain copyright, even if the work appears multiple times on the same sheet of paper. Every copy of a copyrighted painting must bear the notice for the painting to maintain copyright. ^[1]

References

1. DeJonge and Co. v. Breuker & Kessler Co. , 235 U.S. 33 (1914)

External links

• Text of DeJonge and Co. v. Breuker & Kessler Co., 235 U.S. 33(1914) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress