New York District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain rejected author Missy Chase Lapine’s charges of copyright and trademark infringement against Jessica Seinfeld, and she found the plaintiff’s book dowdy, too. Swain called Lapine’s Sneaky Chef “a dry, rather text-heavy work” and said “the tone of the book is less collegial than it is informative and lecturing,” while terming Seinfeld’s cookbook “bright and cheerful, full of different colors and various patterns…. Deceptively Delicious targets the average busy parent with little to no cooking skill or experience.” But Judge Swain declined to rule on the libel charges against Jerry Seinfeld stemming from […]
