Faris v. Enberg

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• distinguishing between a situation where 15 one voluntarily receives a confidential disclosure as opposed to receiving an unsolicited submission 16 of an idea
• upholding grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment on implied-in-fact contract claim
• “An actionable 14 breach of confidence will arise when an idea, whether or not protectable, is offered to another in 15 confidence.”
• plaintiff submitted his format for a sports-themed television quiz show to defendant, not for the purpose of selling the format, but so defendant could decide whether he wanted to enter into a business relationship with plaintiff
• the unsolicited submission of an idea to a potential employee or potential business partner, even if that person then passes the disclosed information to a competitor, results in no inference that a confidence or a confidential relationship has been created

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