Hollywood Idea Theft & Copyright Claim Analyzer

Extrinsic Similarity

64.5%

Filter Active (Tropos Excluded)

Moderate

Ninth Circuit Extrinsic Test

Desny Implied Contract

High

Pitch Submission Nexus

Breach of Confidence

Mod-High

Confidential Treatment

Comparative Element Matrix

Exclude Scènes à Faire Tropes

Chain of Custody & Access Timeline

Desny Nexus Test

Submissions & Deal Nodes: 2

Precedent Case Benchmarks

Precedent	Core Principle	Outcome
Desny v. Wilder (1956)	Submission with expectation of payment creates implied contract	Plaintiff Precedent
Benay v. Warner Bros (2010)	Last Samurai: Historical facts & standard tropes filtered	Studio Win
Groom v. Fox (2013)	Pitch access with direct agency handoff creates jury issue	Settlement Post-MSJ

⚖️ Key Legal Battleground Verdict

Implied-in-Fact Contract (Desny Claim) Dominates: While pure copyright infringement faces major obstacles due to scènes à faire exclusions of standard Montana ranch tropes, the direct agency-to-studio submission channel provides substantial evidentiary leverage under California contract law.

Case Assessment Dossier