Ralph Andrews Productions, Inc. v. Paramount Pictures Corp.

Opinion

ASHBY, J.

Plaintiff and appellant Ralph Andrews Productions, Inc., a California corporation (RAP), appeals from the entry of judgment upon the granting of a summary judgment motion brought by defendant and respondent Paramount Pictures, a Delaware corporation (Paramount). We reverse.

Facts

The basis of this lawsuit is RAP’s accusation that when RAP’s employee, Gary Bernstein, stole an idea for a television game show and took the idea to Paramount, Paramount produced the show even though Paramount knew or should have discovered Bernstein did not have the rights to the game show. Bernstein…