On 6/27/07, Amit Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/nyregion/27pearl.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
The article says that the suit was over more than just the menu. "...copies "each and every element" of Pearl Oyster Bar, including the white marble bar, the gray paint on the wainscoting, the chairs and bar stools with their wheat-straw backs, the packets of oyster crackers placed at each table setting and the dressing on the Caesar salad." The "look-and-feel" as it were. Which brings to mind the AAPL vs. MSFT case from the 90's. But it's a hard sell, to claim originality to a recipe but again, the article does reference a recipe that could possibly have claim to being a trade secret, no matter how it was acquired. I'll let the legal minds answer this.
I'm sure the good Mr Menon will have much to say about this.
I'm sure he will! Update: And he did.
