Entertainment & Sports
May 19, 2011
Reality Show Creators Face an Uphill IP Battle
Unlike one-of-a-kind characters and fictionalized plots, the ideas behind the dozens of reality shows pitched every day in Hollywood overlap all the time, spurring a common genre of litigation: the reality television idea theft lawsuit.
From competitive singing and dancing to following celebrities in their homes, when it comes to so-called "reality" television programs, it seems original concepts are few and far between. Not so for legal battles over those show concepts.
Unlike one-of-a-kind characters and fictionalized plots, the ideas behind the dozens of reality shows pitched every da...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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