Legal Opinion
Forest Park Pictures v. Universal Television Network, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 26, 2012No. Docket 11-2011-cvPublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
This dispute over the concept for a television show presents the question of the extent to which the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., preempts contract claims involving copyrightable property. Plaintiffs-Appellants Forest Park Pictures, Hayden Christensen, and Tove Christensen (collectively, “Forest Park”) developed an idea for a television series and created a writing that embodied it, known in the industry as a “series treatment.” Forest Park submitted its idea, first by mail and then in person, to Defendant-Appellee USA Network, a division of…
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