Jackson v. Booker, 465 Fed.Appx. 163 (3d Cir. February
16, 2012)(unpublished). Novelist wrote
a book “Brick City” published in 1991 about five teenagers in urban housing
project. Newark NJ Mayor Corey Booker
was the subject of a documentary from 2007 through 2010 entitled “Brick City”
about his real-life attempts to reform Newark.
The Third Circuit reviewed the district court’s grant of summary
judgment finding no substantial similarity and affirmed. Standard situations dictated from an urban
environment are unprotectable under the scenes-a-faire doctrine. Alleged similarities between fictional story
and unscripted show not sufficient to show substantial similarity.
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