Pat Gross v. British Broadcasting Corporation, Twenty Twenty Television, Ltd.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Pat Gross (plaintiff or appellant) filed suit against the defendant British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in which she alleges that without her permission the BBC used her idea for a documentary film about militant animal rights activists. Her complaint raises a number of legal theories, but at its core it alleges unjust enrichment and misappropriation of ideas. The BBC is a corporation existing under English law and established by Royal Charter with its principal office in London, England. The documentary about which Gross complains aired only in the…