Intellectual Property Law
New Matter 2017, Volume 42, Number 3
Content
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- The State Bar of California Intellectual Property Alumni
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2016-2017
- Dc Trip Report
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2016-2017
- Supreme Court Ip Decisions
- Letter from the Chair
- The Licensing Corner
- Case Note: Tc Heartland v. Kraft Foods
- Contents
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- Case Comments
- Ninth Circuit Report
- 2017 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- Federal Circuit Report
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker
ANTI-SLAPP
A breach of implied contract claim was based on defendants’ failure to pay for the use of an idea for a screen play, not the creation, production, distribution or content of films based on the play. The failure to pay was not an act in furtherance of free speech so the anti-SLAPP act did not apply. The denial of a motion to strike the claim was affirmed. In footnote 4, the court noted that anti-SLAPP motions may strike distinct claims within a cause of action even if the entire cause of action is not subject to anti-SLAPP and that may affect the award of attorney fees in the anti-SLAPP motion. Jordan-Benel v. Univ. City Studios, Inc., 123 U.S.P.Q.2d 1031 (9th Cir. 2017).