· 9/21/1981
Jason v. Fonda
Citations
- 526 F. Supp. 774
- 217 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 231
- 7 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2421
- 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15979
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- concluding that the fact that between 200 and 700 copies of plaintiff's book were available in Southern California bookstores was insufficient to infer that defendant movie -6- producers had a reasonable opportunity to copy it
- assessing sales figures of protected work in determining wide 21 dissemination
- “[S]ummary judgment is proper when the Court determines that the similarity between works is insubstantial as a matter of law____ In other words, ... if it determines that no reasonable trier of fact could find that the plaintiff has satisfied both of the Krofft tests.”
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Judges: Kelleher
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