Now Michael Crichton sueing Dan Brown.

Came across this clever quip:

[2006.04.08 - 10:00 A.M.] DAN BROWN

So the guy who accused Dan Brown of stealing the idea for the DaVinci Code lost his court case. Brown might not be in the clear yet, however. I hear Michael Crichton is suing him next. It appears that Crichton holds a patent on the business methodology of "formulaic, linear plots populated by two-dimensional characters". I know, you wouldn't think they'd let you patent something like that, but there you go

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