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ZINDEL v. FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES, INC.

No. 18-56087.

DAVID ZINDEL, as Trustee for the David Zindel Trust and the Lizabeth Zindel Trust, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES, INC., a Delaware corporation; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 22, 2020.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MEMORANDUM*

David Zindel, the son of author Paul Zindel, brought this action alleging copyright infringement of his father's play, Let Me Hear You Whisper, by Defendants' film and book, The Shape of Water. Zindel appeals the district court's Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of his complaint on the ground that the film and book were not substantially similar to the play as a matter of law. As...

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