Williams v. Crichton

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• concluding that works portraying an adult guide and two young dinosaur enthusiasts visiting a dinosaur zoo were not substantially similar despite some plot similarities
• holding that novel Jurassic Park and children’s book about dinosaur zoo are not substantially similar
• recognizing that although the pace of the works was similar, “pace, without more, does not create an issue of overall substantial similarity between the works.”
• recognizing that “when one looks beyond the Superficial similarities [between the characters], many differences emerge, including the motivations for the characters’ trip to the dinosaur parks, the skills and credentials of the characters and their interpersonal relationship”
• explaining that a copyright claim will fail where the alleged similarities relate to “unprotectible sc[é]nes [a] faire or trivial, scattered details”
• explaining that copyright does not protect ideas or themes

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