Firoozye v. Earthlink Network

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a breach of contract claim was preempted if it was only alleged \that a defendant violated a promise not to use a certain work\
• holding UCL claim preempted to 10 the extent it was based on preempted conversion claim, but not preempted to the extent it was based 11 on misrepresentation and misappropriation of trade secrets claims
• dismissing preempted state law claims and 20 granting the plaintiff’s motion to remand
• misrepresenta tion claims require additional element — proof of “a false statement to the plaintiff with the intent to induce reliance”
• “To this I say: It’s your creation if you keep it secret.”
• plaintiff asserted own copyright claim

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