Anderson v. Stallone
United States District Court for the Central District of California
11 U.S.P.Q.2d 1161 (C.D. Cal. 1989)
Relevant factsFree
Anderson (plaintiff) wrote a Rocky IV script using characters from Stallone's (defendant) Rocky series without permission, based on ideas Stallone had publicly described, and shared it with MGM though no formal deal was reached; Stallone later wrote his own script and made the film, and Anderson sued for infringement, prompting Stallone's motion for summary judgment.
IssueFree
Whether any part of an unauthorized derivative work is entitled to copyright protection.