Wolf
Wolf v. Travolta
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Snyder, J.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Dkt. 142, filed December 11, 2015)
I. INTRODUCTION
On February 6, 2014, plaintiff Alisa Wolf (“Wolf’) filed her original complaint in this lawsuit against defendant Joseph “Joey” Travolta, d.b.a. Inclusion Films (“Travolta”), asserting one claim for infringement of plaintiffs copyright in a written curriculum and program guide dated May 10, 2006 and entitled, “Practical Film Vocational Program For People with Developmental Disabilities” (the “first work” or “the May 2006 Work”). See Dkt. 1. On March 11, 2014, Wolf filed a first amended complaint adding defendants Inclusion Wear, LLC and Little Documentary Films, LLC to her copyright infringement claim. Dkt. 9. On September 2, 2014, the Court denied Wolfs motion for a preliminary injunction. Dkt. 37.
On September 29, 2014, upon stipulation by the parties, Wolf filed a second amended complaint, adding state law claims (collectively, the “state law claims”) for (1) misappropriation of trade secrets; (2) conversion; (3) interference with economic relationships; (4) breach of fiduciary duty; and (5) violation of California Business and Professions Code section 17200, et seq.…