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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  SIMON COWELL SUED OVER NEW ABC TV SHOW Wed Aug 10 2005 08:28:42 ET **Exclusive** A lawsuit to be filed in Federal Court in Los Angeles on Wednesday claims AMERICAN IDOL star Simon Cowell and ABC Television Network conspired to steal the trademarked brand ?Million Dollar Idea?, copy the entire premise of a show already airing in national syndication on over 125 television stations, and market that idea as their own. The federal case is being brought by original ?Million Dollar Idea? creators/hosts Jean Golden and Todd Walker. It is a direct response to ABC?s July 13, 2005 announcement of a new show of the same name, ?created? by Cowell and ?packaged? by CAA. ?From stem to stern, each and every detail of Simon Cowell and ABC?s mock ?Million Dollar Idea? is a patent rip-off of Todd and Jean?s four-year labor of love,? said attorney Pierce O'Donnell. ABC did not return calls for comment early Wednesday. Developing... |
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