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Abernethy v. Hutchinson (1825) 1 H. & TW. 28

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1835: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (24 Aug.)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Affaire des Demoiselles de La Fontaine (1761)

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1837: USA
  Address of Certain Authors


Almy v. Harris (1809), 5 Johns (N. Y.) 175

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Anonymous 1 Siderf. 171

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Arnold v. Arnold 2 Myl. & Cr. 256

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Attorney General v. Forbes 2 Clark & F. 48

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Austin v. Cave (1739) NA c.11 1552/3

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins


Bach v. Longman (1777) 2 Cowp. 623

1777: United Kingdom
* Bach v. Longman

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument


Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879)

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Baller v. Watson (1737)

1766: United Kingdom
  Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts)

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents


Barfield v. Nicholson (1824), 2 Sim. & S. 1

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument


Basket et al. v. Woodfall et al. (1762)

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents


Basket v. University of Cambridge (1758) 2 Keny. 397, 1 Black W. 105, 2 Burr. 661

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Baskett v. Cunningham (1762)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Bayard & Donizetti's heirs v. Lumley (1850-52)

1853: France
  Court of Cassation on translations

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Beard v. Egerton (1849) 3 Com. Ben. Rep. 97

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Beckford v. Hood (1798) 7 D. & E. 620

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Beckford v. Hood (1798) 7 Term. Rep. 620

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bell v Whitehead (1839)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Bell v. Locke (8 Paige, 75)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Bell v. Walker and Debrett (1785) 1 Bro.C.C. 451

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Bellamy v. Majoribanks (1852), 21 L.J. Ex. 75

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Bentley v. Foster (1839) 10 Sim. 329

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Bentley v. Northhouse M. & M. 66

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bimms v. Woodworth, 4 Wash. C.C. Rep. 48

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Binns v. Woodruff (1821)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief


Black et al. v. Henry G. Allen Co. (C.C.D. NY 1889)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Black et al. v. Isaac K. Funk et al. (C.C.D. NY 1890)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Black et al. v. Joseph M. Stoddart (C.C.D. Penn. 1879)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Black et al. v. Samuel W. Ehrich et al. (C.C.D. NY 1890)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Blackwell v. Harper (1740) 2 Atk. 93

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. (C.C.D. KY. 1899)

1899: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., 188 U.S. 239 (1903)

1903: USA
  Bleistein: Cartoon


Blume v. Spear, 30 F. 629, 631 (C.C.D. N.Y. 1887)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Blunt v. Patten, 1 Paine 400 (1828)

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument


Blunt v. Patten, 3 F. Cas. 763 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1828)

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Bogue v. Houlston (1852), 12, L. I. Ch. 470

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Bolles v. Outing Co., 175 U.S. 262 (1899)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Bonner v. Field (1778)

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief


Boosey v. Davidson (1847) 18 Law Journ. Q.B. 174

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Boosey v. Davidson (1847) 18 Law Journ. Q.B. 174; 13 Q.B. Rep. 257

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Boosey v. Fairlie (1877), 7 Ch. Div. 307, S.C. 4 App. Cas. 711

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff


Boosey v. Jeffreys (1851) 6 Ex Rep 580

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Boosey v. Purday (1849) 4 Ex Rep 145

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Boozey v. Tolkien (1848) 5 CB 476

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Boucicault v. Delafield (1863) 1 Hem. & M. 597, 71 Eng. Rep. R. 261

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Boucicault v. Hart, Fed. Cases, No. 1692 (1875)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Bramwell v Halcomb (1836) 2 My & Cr 737

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Brandreth v. Lance, 8 Paige Ch. 24 (NY. Ch. 1839)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Brightly v. Littleton, 37 Fed. Rep. 103 (C.C.D. Pa. 1888)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Broder v. Zeno Mauvais Music Co. (1898)

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Brooke v. Clarke (1818) 1 B. & Ald. 396

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright


Brooks v. Cock (1835), 3 Ad. & E. 141

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Burnet v. Chetwood (1721) 2 Mer. 441

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 111 U.S. 53 (1883)

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1883)

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief

1891: USA
  Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson

1896: USA
  Hearing on H.R. 5976


Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1884)

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Butterworth v. Robinson (1801)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Byron v. Johnston (1816) 2 Meriv., 29

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Callaghan v. Myers, 128 US 617 (1888)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Campbell v. Scott (1842) 6 Jur. 186

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Carlisle v. Colusa County, 57 Fed. 979 (C.C.D. Cal. 1893)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Carnan v. Bowles (1786) 1 Cox 283

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Carte v. Duff (The Mikado Case), 25 F. 183, 23 Blatchf. 347 (C.C.N.Y. 1885)

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff


Carte v. Duff, (The Mikado case) 25 F. 183 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1885)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Carte v. Evans, 27 F. 861 (C.C.D. Mass. 1886)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Cary v. Faden, 5 Ves. 24 (1799)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument


Cary v. Kearsley (1804) 4 Esp. 168

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Cary v. Longman (1801) 1 East 358

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Case of Gay's Works (1737)

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins


Chapman v. Pickersgill (1762), 2 Wils. 145

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood


Chappell v. Purday (1845) 14 M. & W. 303

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Charles Reade case (London, c.1856)

1870: USA
  Committee Report on S.703


Chase v. Sanborn (1874), 6 U.S. Pat. Off. Gazette, 932

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument


Church v. Linton, 25 Ont. Rep. 121 (Canada, 1894)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Cinquin v. Lecocq (Ct of Cass., 1902)

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Clark v. Freeman (1848) 11 Beav 112

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Clayton v. Stone, 5 F. Cases 999 (S.D.N.Y. 1829)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Clementi v. Goulding (1809) 11 East 244

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Clementi v. Walker (1824) 2 B. & C. 861

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Cobbett v. Woodward (1872) L.R. 14. Eq 407

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Cocks v. Purday (1846) 2 Car. & K. 269

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Colburn v. Simms (1843)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Coleman v. Wathen (1793) 5 D. & E. 245

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Colliery Engineer Co. v. United Correspondence Schools Co., 94 F. 152 (C.C.D. N.Y. 1899)

1899: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Complaint by Electorate of Hanover to the Privy Council of Bamberg, regarding the reprinter Göbhardt (1768)

1815: Germany
* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna


Conring v. Oldenburger (plagiarism case)

1690: Germany
  Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges


Coppin v. Solomon (1868)

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Cox v. Land and Water Journal Company (1869) LR 9 Eq. 324

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Cramoisy v. Courbé et Berthelin (1659)

1665: France
* Book trade regulations


Cramoisy v. de la Garde, Huguetan et Ravaud (1660)

1665: France
* Book trade regulations


Cramoisy v. Ravaud (1663)

1665: France
* Book trade regulations


Crébillon's case (1749)

1762: United Kingdom
* An Enquiry into Literary Property

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1841: France
* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property


Crutwell v. Lye (1810)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Cumberland v. Planché (1834) 1 AD. & E. 580

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Curio v. Cratander (1522)

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Dalgleish v. Jarvie, 20 L.J. Ch. 475

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Daly v. Palmer, 6 F. Cas. 1132 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1868)

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Darcy v. Allen, Moor. 671

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins


Davidson v. Bohn, 18, L.J. C.P. 15

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


De Berenger v. Wheble (1819) 2 Stark 548

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


De la Chaumette v. The Bank of England 2 Barn. & Ad. 385

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


De Pinna v. Polhill, 8 C. & P. 78

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


De Trusler v. Murray (1789) 1 East's 363

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Delondre v. Shaw (1828) 2 Sim. 237

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Denis v. LeClerc (1811)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Desaint's widow v. Duplain (1778)

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters


Dickens v. Lee (1844), 8 Jur. 183

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Dielman v. White, 102 F. 892 (C.C.D. Mass. 1900)

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Digby v. Thompson (1833), 4 B. & Ad. 821

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Dodsley v. Kinnersley (1761) Amb. 403

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Don v. Lippmann (1837) 5 Clark & F 1

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Donaldson v. Becket (1774) 4 Burr. 2408, 2 Bro. P.C. 129

1747: United Kingdom
* Warburton's Letter from an Author

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1788: USA
  The Federalist No. 43

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1826: USA
  Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.)

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.)

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Drury v. Ewing (1862), 1 Bond's Rep., 540

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Du Bost v. Beresford (1810) 2 Camp. 511

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Duke of Queensbury v. Shebbeare (1758) 2 Eden 329

1766: United Kingdom
  Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts)

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Dunlop v. United States, 165 U.S. 486 (1897)

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


D'Almaine v. Boosey (1835) 1 Y. & C. 288

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Earl of Granard v. Dunkin (1809), 1 Ball & Beatty 207

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Earl of Yarmouth v. Darrel (1686) 3 Mod. 75

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors


Edgebery v. Stephens 2 Salk 447

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Ehret v. Pierce, 10. F. 553, 554 (C.C.D. N.Y. 1880)

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Elsworth v. Cole 2 M. & W. 31

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Emerson v. Davies (1845), 3 St. Rep. 780

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief


Erfurt Law Faculty's memorandum of 1669 on an unauthorised abridged edition of a law treatise by Carpzov

1690: Germany
  Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges


Ewer v. Cox

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Ewer v. Coxe (1824), 4 Wash. C. C. Rep. 490

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Eyre v. Carnan (1781) 6 Bac Abr, 7th ed, 509

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Eyre v. Walker (1735) NA, c.11 1520/29

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1766: United Kingdom
  Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts)

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co., 48 F. 678 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1891)

1891: USA
  Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson


Falk v. Donaldson, 57 F. 32 (S.D.N.Y. 1893)

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson


Folsom v. Marsh (1841), Cir. Ct. Mass.

1841: USA
  Master in Chancery Report

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson


Fontana case (1857)

1857: France
  Court of cassation on originality


Fores v. Johnes (1802), 4 Esp. 97

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Forester v. Walker (1741) NA, c.11 867/54

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1766: United Kingdom
  Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts)

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents


Forrester v. Walker (1741) NA, c.11 867/54

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Fradella v. Weller (1834), 2 R. & M. 247

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


French v. Kreling, (C.C.D. Cal., 1894)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Gahagan v. Cooper (1811) 3 Camp. 111

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Gahagan v. Cooper (1811) 3 Camp. 114

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Gale v. Leckie (1817), 2 Stark. 107

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Galileo v. Capra (1607)

1762: United Kingdom
* An Enquiry into Literary Property

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Gee v. Pritchard (1818), 2 Swans. 402

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Gibbons v. Ogden 22 U.S. 1 (1824)

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief


Gilliver v. Snaggs

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Goodyear v. Day, New Jersey Distr. Ct (1852)

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Graves v. Walker (1869)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Gray v. Russell, 10 F.Cas. 1035 (C.C.D. Mass. 1839)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson


Green v. Bishop (1858), 1 Cliff. 199

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument


Grierson v. Eyre

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Grierson v. Jackson (1794) Ridg. L. & S. 304

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Guichard v. Mori (1831) 9 Law J. Ch. 227

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Gulliver v. Watson (1729)

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents


Gurney v. Longman

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Gurney v. Longman, 13 Ves. 493

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters


Gyles v. Wilcox (1741) 2 Atk. 141

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Harper v. Ranous (C.C.D. 1894)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Harrison v. Hogg (1794) 2 Ves. Jun. 323

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Hatton v. Kean (1859)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Havas, Bullier & Co. v. Gounouilhou (1861)

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news


Hawkesworth v. Newberry (1775) Lofft 775

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Hegeman v. Springer, 110 F. 374 (2d Cir. N.Y. 1901)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Heirs of Baron Gros & Vallot v. Gavard (1842)

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property


Henderson v. Tompkins, 60 F. 758 (C.C.D. Mass. 1894)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Henry Drummond v. Altemus & Co. (C.C.D. Phila. 1894)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Heywood v. Potter, 22 L.J. Q.B. 133

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


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

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Hime v. Dale (1803) 11 East 244

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument


Hinton v. Donaldson (1773)

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Hogg v. Kirby (1803) 8 Ves. Jun. 215

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument


Houston v. Moore (1820), 5 Wheaton

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Howitt v. Hall (1862)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Hunter v. Potts (1791) 4 T.R. 182

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Jarrold v. Houlston (1857) 3 K. & J. 708, 714-717

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Jeffreys v. Baldwin (1753), Amb. 164, 2nd ed.

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Jeffreys v. Boosey (1854) 4 HLC 815

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1888: USA
  American Authors and British Pirates

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Jollie v. Jacques, New York Distr. Ct (1850)

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief


Josse v. Malassis (1665)

1665: France
* Book trade regulations

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers


J.L. Mott Iron Works v. Clow, 82 F. 316 (7th Cir. 1897)

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Keene v. Kimball (1860), 16 Gray 546