Was "Gluten-free" a Recipe for Theft? / Chuck Capps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capps, Chuck, author.

Reid, Brad, author.

Smith, Leanne W., author.

Series:

SAGE business cases.

SAGE business cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commercial law--Cases.

Commercial law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : Society for Case Research, 2025.

Summary:

This critical incident explores the legal issues of recipe ownership. The essential question is whether recipes can be copyrighted. On two occasions, Elisabeth Hasselbeck (The G Free Diet, 2009) and (Deliciously G-Free, 2012) published cookbooks that, according to Susan Hassett, were infringements upon Hassett's own cookbook, Living with Celiac Disease, copyrighted in 2008. After each of Ms. Hasselbeck's publications, Ms. Hassett filed lawsuits asserting Ms. Hasselbeck infringed upon copyright protections and used her (Hassett's) "framework structure", "recipes", "information", and "compilation of research". The courts found in favor of Ms. Hasselbeck in both instances. This CI encourages students to explore the definitions of copyright and trade secrets through the lens of the court cases involving Ms. Hassett, Ms. Hasselbeck, and their books of gluten-free recipes. Instructors can use this critical incident for presentation and discussion purposes in basic and advanced undergraduate courses in business law. The case would be particularly useful in modules addressing copyright and trade secret legislation.

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ISBN:

9781071978948

1071978942

OCLC:

1483993730