Jones v. CBS, INC.

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• stating that substantial similarity is “an essential element of plaintiff’s claim to be the originator” of the allegedly infringing work
• finding it insufficient to establish infringement where the plaintiffs work contained a “conjure lady” and the defendant’s work contained “Sister Sadie, a voodoo practitioner”
• finding it insufficient to establish infringement where the plaintiff's work contained a “conjure lady” and the defendant’s work contained “Sister Sadie, a voodoo practitioner”
• “Basic character types are not copyrightable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).