Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal Volume 16 | Number 1 Article 2 1-1-1993 Summary Judgment on Substantial Similarity in Copyright Actions Julie J. Bisceglia Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/ hastings_comm_ent_law_journal Part of the Communications Law Commons, Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Intellectual Property Law Commons Recommended Citation Julie J. Bisceglia, Summary Judgment on Substantial Similarity in Copyright Actions, 16 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 51 (1993). Available at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol16/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal by an authorized editor of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Summary Judgment on Substantial Similarity in Copyright Actions by JULIE J. BISCEGLIA* Table of Contents I. Survey Results ..... ........................... 56 A. Plaintiff-Moving Party ............................... 56 B. Plaintiff-Responding Party ........................... 59 C. Defendant-Responding Party ........................ 64 D. Defendant-Moving Party ............................ 64 1. Idea/Expression Dichotomy ..................... 65 a. Ideas Not Protectable ........................ 65 b. Similarities Only in Factual Expression ...... 66 c. Scene d Faire ................................