Seinfelds Win Suit Over Alleged Cookbook Copying

Seinfelds Win Suit Over Alleged Cookbook Copying
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/04/28/seinfelds-win-suit-over-alleged-cookbook-copying/


n lawsuit that alleged Jerry Seinfeld and his wife had copied another author’s cookbook on preparing fruits and vegetables for kids, an appeals court told the plaintiff today (in so many words), “No soup for you!”

A federal appeals court rejected arguments by Missy Chase Lapine, author of “The Sneaky Chef,” that a cookbook published by the comedian’s wife had copied her own book on how to sneak fruits and vegetables into children’s food.

“Stockpiling vegetable purees for covert use in children’s food is an idea that cannot be copyrighted,” the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals found.

Lapine sued Jessica Seinfeld, her husband and their publisher in federal court in New York in 2008 over the book “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food.”

A lawyer for Lapine didn’t immediately return a phone call seeking comment Wednesday.