GROSS v. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORP.

No. 03-7306.

386 F.3d 224 (2004)

Pat GROSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee, Twenty Twenty Television, Ltd., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eamonn Dornan, New York, NY (Russell A. Smith, Smith Dornan & Shea P.C., New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Laura R. Handman, New York, NY (Peter Karanjia, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, New York, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee British Broadcasting Corp.

Before: CARDAMONE and JACOBS, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, District Judge.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Pat Gross (plaintiff or appellant) filed suit against the defendant British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in which she alleges that without her permission the BBC used her idea for a documentary film about militant animal rights activists. Her complaint raises a number of legal theories, but at its core it alleges unjust enrichment and misappropriation of ideas. The BBC is a corporation existing under English law and established...

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