Article: Jay Leno and Fellow Comedians Represented by Gibson Dunn Put a Stop to Unauthorized Copying of Their Jokes in 'Joke Books'.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Jay Leno, several fellow comedians, and NBC Studios have settled their lawsuit in federal court against Judy Brown and Brown's publishers, putting an end to "joke books" created by Brown that collect and repackage thousands of the comedians' jokes without their permission. Leno, who along with Rita Rudner and NBC Studios, is donating all of his proceeds to charity, expressed satisfaction with the settlement.

Under the settlement, Brown's publishers pledged to immediately cease the distribution, manufacture and sale of Brown's joke books, and to pay compensation to the plaintiff comedians. Brown also agreed to a monetary ...

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