Gene Policinski: ‘Abracadabra!’ Judge says Teller’s trick is protected

  Now you see it. Now you don’t … or don’t copy it, at least.

  Magician Teller of "Penn and Teller" sued another magician in 2012 in federal court in Nevada over what Teller asserted was a copycat performance of Teller’s signature trick, "Shadows," and his competitor’s offer to sell the secret behind the illusion.