Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Kouf v. Walt Disney Pictures & Television
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1994No. 92-55985PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Jeffrey Kouf (“Kouf’) appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Walt Disney Pictures and Television (“Disney”) in his action under the Federal Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §§ 501, 504. Kouf alleges that Disney infringed on his copyright in his screenplay entitled “The Formula,” when it made the film “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” The district court found that the two works were not substantially similar. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In July 1985, Kouf anonymously submitted a copyrighted screenplay entitled “The Formula” to…
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