[PEN-L:28585] RE: intellectual property dispute

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [PEN-L:28583] intellectual property dispute

it's better than the Justin/Britney/Christina thread.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Murray [mailto:seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:38 AM
> To: pen-l
> Subject: [PEN-L:28583] intellectual property dispute
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>
> [surely more interesting than the Shiva thread no?]
>
>
> Producer Sues Over 'Osbournes' Idea
> Fri Jul 26,12:20 PM ET
>
> LOS ANGELES (AP) - A producer has sued Ozzy Osbourne and the
> rock musician's wife, claiming the
> couple stole the idea for their hit MTV reality series "The
> Osbournes" from him.
>
> Plaintiff Gary Binkow said he met on several occasions with
> the couple and executives from Miramax
> TV between 1999 and 2000 to discuss "a real-life docu-sitcom"
> about their family, according to the
> lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
>
> The court papers include what Binkow said was a copy of his
> original treatment of the proposed
> series from January 2000, registered with the Writers Guild
> of America, The Hollywood Reporter
> reported Friday.
>
> The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for breach of contract
> and fraud.
>
> Lisa Vega, a spokeswoman for the family, said previously
> published reports have made it clear that
> Binkow was not the show's creator. MTV was not named in the lawsuit.
>
> Binkow is executive producer of "Neverland," a movie starring
> Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet that's
> being shot in London.
>
> A second season of the popular show is set to begin shooting
> in a few weeks, with Sharon Osbourne
> beginning chemotherapy for cancer that she recently learned
> had spread beyond her colon.
>
> The show also stars two of their three children - 17-year-old
> daughter Kelly and 16-year-old son
> Jack.
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