Williams V. Crichton
U.S. District Court For The Southern District Of New York
September 30, 1993
Geoffery T. Williams borught a suit againstn Michael Crichton, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Random House, Inc., Universal Studios, Inc., MCA, Inc., Amblin Entertainment, Inc, Stephen Spielberg and David Koepp. alleging copyright infringement under the
Copyright Act of 1976,Forusing the book Jurassic Park to make the movie Jurassic Park
Plaintiff, although having sifted the works to produce a list of similarities, often not
essential to the stories, has at the same time ignored major characters and events in Jurassic Park that do not comport with his theory of the case. Consequently, even assuming the accuracy of the
various similarities in details as represented by Plaintiff, a finding of substantial similarity cannot
be supported. For the foregoing reasons, Defendants motion for summary judgment is granted, and defendents mat=y have judgement dissmising the complaint.
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