Focus (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 8, 2007
Stealing Creativity
Focus Column - By Bruce Wessel - As the Hollywood writers' strike continues, we take a look at suits over the theft of ideas for movies and TV shows, including a recent ruling that is turning the entertainment industry upside down.
By Bruce Wessel
Hollywood Screentest of America Inc. v. NBC Universal Inc., 151 Cal.App.4th 631 (2007), is the first published decision in an idea-submission case affirming the grant of summary judgment in favor of a defendant on independent-creation grounds. For that reason alone, it is historically significant.
Leaving aside the procedural significance of the summary...
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