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KOUF v. WALT DISNEY PICTURES & TELEVISION

No. 92-55985.

16 F.3d 1042 (1994)

Jeffrey KOUF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WALT DISNEY PICTURES & TELEVISION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick Maginnis, Maginnis & Maginnis, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Sanford M. Litvack, Burbank, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: TANG, PREGERSON, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

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...

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