Darkbeer
04-17-2003, 03:10 PM
Court allows lawsuit to continue over origins of Disney's Epcot Center (http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030417&Category=APN&ArtNo=304171020&Ref=AR&cachetime=5) - Associated Press, 4/17/03
QuikQuote: A federal judge allowed a lawsuit to continue against Walt Disney Co. for allegedly stealing the idea for Epcot Center from an artist's painting of a theme park featuring the world's nations. The lawsuit charged the theme-park giant with multiple counts for violation of federal intellectual property rights and misappropriation of trade secrets.
In an April 10 order, Judge Patricia J. Fawsett rejected Disney's defense that the statute of limitations barred the suit. She also ruled that a Rhode Island lawsuit brought by the artist's wife and daughter in 2001 - and later dismissed because the statute of limitations had long expired - had no effect on the current claim.
QuikQuote: A federal judge allowed a lawsuit to continue against Walt Disney Co. for allegedly stealing the idea for Epcot Center from an artist's painting of a theme park featuring the world's nations. The lawsuit charged the theme-park giant with multiple counts for violation of federal intellectual property rights and misappropriation of trade secrets.
In an April 10 order, Judge Patricia J. Fawsett rejected Disney's defense that the statute of limitations barred the suit. She also ruled that a Rhode Island lawsuit brought by the artist's wife and daughter in 2001 - and later dismissed because the statute of limitations had long expired - had no effect on the current claim.