Legal Opinion
Wrench Llc, a Michigan Limited Liability Company Joseph Shields Thomas Rinks v. Taco Bell Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2001No. 99-1807PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRAHAM, District Judge.
This case raises a question of first impression in this circuit regarding the extent to which the Copyright Act preempts state law claims based on breach of an implied-in-fact contract. Plaintiffs-Appellants Wrench LLC, Joseph Shields, and Thomas Rinks brought this diversity action against Defendant-Appellee Taco Bell Corporation (“Taco Bell”), claiming breach of implied contract and various torts related to Taco Bell’s alleged use of appellants’ ideas. In three separate opinions, the district court found that the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 301, preempted all of…
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