Judge Tosses Out Jessica Seinfeld Cookbook Suit

9-12-2009 @9:20PM Docodoodle said... I agree with Bella. I have both cookbooks and the similarities are amazing.
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9-12-2009 @10:01PM Red said... It's amazing what money can do and well known people also by going on tv and talking about it. The original author doesn't have this advantage or the money. The judge's decision to dismiss the lawsuit is wrong.
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9-12-2009 @10:57PM wendy said... Ithink and believe that Jessica is a deceptive woman and would not trust her, or believe her.

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9-12-2009 @11:02PM wendy said... I beleive that Jessica is deceptive and I don't trust her or belive her.
i can't understand how Jerry does.
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9-12-2009 @11:19PM speckldowl said... This is really kinda sad. I have both books and like them each for different reasons. I don't see them as competing but sharing the market. Not to mention my Mom did the same kinds of things when I was a kid - she just never wrote a cookbook about it. That's how I became interested in them in the first place - I wanted some new recipes besides the ones I grew up on. I know it sucks when someone else does the same thing, but it doesn't always mean they stole your idea. I don't know what really happened, so I can't say who's right or wrong, but it would be nice if they could work things out peaceably.
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9-13-2009 @12:01AM Kathy said... Oh Yeah, Jessica this was total plagerism, like she even cooks for her kids!!!!!
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9-13-2009 @3:44PM Binx said... I have both books and they're two completely different books with different recipes. I think MCL is just upset because Jessica Seinfeld's name is more marketable so her book is going to sell more copies.
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9-13-2009 @2:21AM lelisag said... Kathy, Why do you imply that Jessica doesn't cook for her own kids? Do you know her personally? It's not any more acceptable to stereotype rich people as it is poor. Perhaps you are jealous of her? My husband is in the top 1% of income earners and I cook every meal, other than our Friday night date. I'll bet most mothers can't say the same. Before you stereotype me, I have four kids, do the housework, pay the bills, work part time and volunteer as a soccer coach three days per week! My husband works about 70 hours per week...so he's not helping me. You should lay off the people who are paying 90% + of all taxes, we are paying the bills for the rest of you!
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9-13-2009 @2:39AM Gretchen said... The only reason Jessica won is because her husband is rich.
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9-13-2009 @3:33AM lelisag said... Haven't any of you ever had an idea that you thought was uniquely your own, to find out later that somebody else thought of the same thing? Then feel that you have been wronged, when in reality, the simple truth is that you shared the same ideas as someone else? When my youngest was potty training, about 15 yrs. ago, I wrote a story about poo poo. Poo playing baseball and boating in a wonderful place called the sewer! I drew my own pictures and created my own crude homemade book. I used it for all of my children and it worked very well. I loaned it to friends who loved it. Several years later while in the bookstore, I saw a childrens' book with nearly the exact same storyline! I was sure they must have copied me....that maybe somehow they heard about my story. After I really thought about it, however, I realized that it was just another mom with the same ideas and imagination as me. Why do you automatically assume that because Jessica is rich she can't possibly have an imagination of her own, or even know how to cook?
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9-13-2009 @3:48AM lelisag said... Oops, I said "When my youngest was potty training" I meant when my oldest was potty training, 15 yrs. ago!
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9-13-2009 @4:00AM Sable said... The only way to vindicate Ms. Lapine is to not buy Jessica's book.
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9-14-2009 @2:49PM Rollando said... I may not know much about the law on "copyrights" etc, but, I thought when it comes to cookbooks it is not the contents and/or the recipes, but, the presentation that one needs to worry about. After all, who is to say who came up with the idea first before either book was published. This concerns me somewhat. I myself have been compiling recipes for my cookbook I hope to finish by the end of the year. I have been working on it for several years. Many of my recipes has its' roots going back to Italy and Germany from the mid 1840's to the turn or the 20th century. Imagine the millions of immigrants who came over during those days with the exact or similar recipes. I have found a few recipes printed in a cookbook back in the 1920's that has recipes my German descendants brought with them from Germany back in the 1840's. Perhaps I am talking through my hat, but, I had the impression that it is the presentation of the cookbook that is copyrightable, not so much with the recipes.
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9-14-2009 @2:59PM gclf said... I have both books and liked the idea for my kids meals. I don't think Jessica stole the idea, because I'm sure many people have thought of this before. They just both came out with books about it at the same time.
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9-21-2009 @5:14PM Nsr said... I thought the first book was submitted to the same publisher, but along came Seinfeld's book later, bringing her notoriety and a lot of income. I have to question the judge's judgement, or her latest bank deposits?
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