Anderson v. Stallone

Anderson v. Stallone
Anderson v. Stallone
Court	United States District Court for the Central District of California
Full case name	Timothy Burton Anderson v. Sylvester Stallone, Freddie Fields, Dean Stolber, Frank Yablans, and MGM/UA
Decided	April 25, 1989
Docket nos.	87-0592
Citations	11 U.S.P.Q.2d 1161; Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 22,665
Court membership
Judge sitting	William D. Keller
Keywords
	Copyright infringement

Anderson v. Stallone, 11 U.S.P.Q.2d 1161 (C.D. Cal. 1989) was a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sylvester Stallone, MGM, and other parties over a script for Stallone's film Rocky IV.^[1] This script written by Timothy Anderson was unsolicited and unauthorized, a key fact that led to a decision in favor of the defendants in the lower court and was later resolved in an out-of-court settlement during the pendency of plaintiff's appeal.^[2]

^ Frankel, Susy (2019). The Object and Purpose of Intellectual Property. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 337–338. ISBN 978-1-78990-249-5.
^ Calboli, Irene; Ragavan, Srividhya (May 28, 2015). Diversity in Intellectual Property: Identities, Interests, and Intersections. Cambridge University Press. p. 331. ISBN 978-1-107-06552-9.

[1] Frankel, Susy (2019). The Object and Purpose of Intellectual Property. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 337–338. ISBN 978-1-78990-249-5.

[2] Calboli, Irene; Ragavan, Srividhya (May 28, 2015). Diversity in Intellectual Property: Identities, Interests, and Intersections. Cambridge University Press. p. 331. ISBN 978-1-107-06552-9.

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