Screenplay Copyright Owner Asks High Court To Review Selection, Arrangement Test

Mealey's (August 18, 2017, 10:11 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Appealing noninfringement rulings by trial and appeals courts, the owner of a screenplay filed a petition for certiorari July 31, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the proper standard for determining substantial similarity between two works when the alleged infringers had access to the purportedly infringed work (Shame On You Productions Inc. v. Elizabeth Banks, et al., No. 17-180, U.S. Sup.)....