Re: Recipes

[Leslie Johnston <johnston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have heard this from more than one intellectual property attorney, 
including one whose firm recently represented someone in such a suit.

Here's some relevant information from the US Copyright Office:

http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html

At 12:03 PM 10/4/2007, M. Robert Fraser wrote:
> One of our copyright attorneys at the University of Michigan has told me
> explicitly that he does not hold recipes to be copyright able.  He holds
> that it is just facts.
>
> --
> -bob
>
> M. Robert Fraser, Ph.D.
> Assistant Director, Mardigian Library
> 4063 Mardigian Library
> University of Michigan-Dearborn
> 4901 Evergreen Road
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> Tel: 313-593-3740  FAX: 313-593-5478
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