| Litigants: | Ferris v. Frohman |
| Submitdate: | November 7 |
| Submityear: | 1911 |
| Decidedate: | February 19 |
| Decideyear: | 1912 |
| Fullname: | Ferris v. Frohman |
| Usvol: | 223 |
| Uspage: | 424 |
| Parallelcitations: | 32 S. Ct. 263; 56 L. Ed. 492 |
| Holding: | An unauthorized public production of an unpublished play does not invalidate the play owner's common law copyright. |
| Majority: | Hughes |
| Joinmajority: | unanimous |
Ferris v. Frohman, 223 U.S. 424 (1912), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held an unauthorized public production of an unpublished play does not invalidate the play owner's common law copyright.