Re: Copyright of recipes

I thought that was a trade secret case, not a copyright case.

                            Thomas F. Cotter        
                            (904) 392-2235 (voice)
                            cotter[_at_]law.ufl.edu (internet) 

On Mon, 22 Apr 96, Michael Sobel <msobel[_at_]gj.com> wrote:
>
> Re the parameters for the protection of recipes:
>
> The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision on this topic
> late last year or early this year (I can't recall the name, but it
> should be easy to find on Westlaw/Lexis). The Court concluded that
> the recipes before it were not protected, because they were old
> American standards. The Court left open the possibility, however,
> that other recipes could be protected.
>
> In a quick poll of my colleagues, a number of us question the Court's
> ruling as somewhat stingy as to the creativity inherent in even "old
> standards" such as apple pie. In answer to a question that some of
> us had, the appellate panel was gender-mixed (two male judges and one
> female judge, I believe).
>
> Michael E. Sobel, Esq.
> Graham & James LLP
> One Maritime Plaza, Suite 300
> San Francisco, CA 94111
> (phone) 415/954-0200 - (fax) 415/391-2493
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Received on Tue Apr 23 1996 - 16:49:01 GMT