finding of no substantial similarity between disputed works precluded claim for unfair competition
How later courts described this case
- finding of no substantial similarity between disputed works precluded claim for unfair competition
- state cause of action preempted by federal copyright laws when state law right asserted is equivalent to rights protected under federal law
- to sustain a claim for fraud, the misrepresentation must be the direct and proximate cause of an injury
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
510 U.S. 1112
Jossi
v.
Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al.
No. 93-857.
Supreme Court of United States.
February 22, 1994.
1
Appeal from the C. A. 9th Cir.
2
Certiorari denied. Reported below: 993 F. 2d 883 .