TV & VIDEO - July 19, 1990

Equal Justice for ‘Equalizer’ Suit: Hollywood writer and producer Lou Shaw has a legitimate right to pursue a copyright infringement suit over the pilot script for the “Equalizer” television series, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Tuesday. The appeals court said there was “substantial similarity” between a copyright script called “The Equalizer,” written by Shaw in 1979, and the series pilot that appeared in 1985, allowing Shaw to sue the show’s creators. The decision sent the case back to U.S. District Court in Pasadena, which had previously dismissed Shaw’s claims.