Anthony James Frybarger v. International Business MacHines Corporation, Gebelli Software, Inc., and Nasir Gebelli

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• concluding that there was no copyright infringement where two video games had similar features because the similar features were nonprotectable ideas
• concluding that there was no copyright infringement where two video games had similar features because the similar features were nonprotectable ideas
• holding that summary judgment for a defendant “is appropriate when plaintiff fails to make a sufficient showing that the . . . expressive elements of the works are substantially similar”
• finding no infringement where similarities in expression are “indispensable” due to “technical requirements” of the medium
• district court correctly concluded that similar features in videogames were unprotectable ideas and that no reasonable jury could find expressive elements substantially similar
• to extent that similarities between works were confined to ideas and general concepts, they were noninfringing

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