(November 27, 2019, 11:29 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Nov. 12, Viacom International Inc. and Penguin Random House LLC filed a notice in the U.S. Supreme Court indicating that they waived their right to respond to a petition for certiorari brought by the children’s book author who claims that her copyright infringement suit against the companies was dismissed because the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals wrongly excluded scènes à faire when deciding whether an accused book was substantially similar to hers (Jennie Nicassio v. Viacom International Inc., et al., No. 19-560, U.S. Sup.)....