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· 3/27/2000

Craig P. Nadel, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Play-By-Play Toys & Novelties, Inc., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee

Citations

  • 208 F.3d 368
  • 54 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1810
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 5122

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that “suspicions” are not enough to support a claim for tortious interference
  • describing a paradigm “submission-of-idea case” as including allegations that “(1) the parties enter into a pre- disclosure confidentiality agreement; (2) the idea is subsequently disclosed to the prospective buyer; (3
  • “In contrast to contract-based claims, a misappropriation claim can only arise from the taking of an idea that is original or novel in absolute terms, because the law of property does not protect against the misappropriation or theft of that which is free and available to all.”

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Judges: Cardamone, Sotomayor, Katzmann

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