Chicago Style Productions, Inc. v. Chicago Sun Times, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE COUSINS

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff brought this action under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 1996)). The plaintiff alleged that the defendant newspaper had stolen its idea for a television show to be produced in conjunction with a series of newspaper articles. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss under section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 619 (West 1996)), on the basis that the plaintiffs action was preempted by the federal Copyright Act (17…