Cabell v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

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• granting summary judgment where characters were both military-trained hairstylists who fight crime with hairdryers as weapons
• finding that different backgrounds undermined claim of substantial similarity
• no infringement where the main characters who were both military-trained hair stylistics who fought crime and used hairdryers as weapons
• common idea of “a soldier leaving military service to become a hair dresser but continuing to use his military skills” is unprotectable, as is the concept of wielding a hairdryer as a weapon

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