Reece v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• mailings taking place after the object of the scheme has been accomplished are not sufficiently related to the plan to support a mail fraud conviction
• recognizing certain areas in which the Register “has considerable expertise”
• prosecutor's comment did not result in "clear error" because of the "significant factor" of the strength of the case against defendant
• mail to victim to give appearance of legitimacy of business transaction is in furtherance of conspiracy
• shape of useful article not protected under 1909 Copyright Act
• arguably rejecting the independent force of “conceptual separability”
• copyright denied to overall design of lighting fixture
• overall design of lighting fixture not copyrightable