Sgromo

BACKGROUND

The dispute underlying the complaint began when defendant Peter Sgromo allegedly breached an oral partnership agreement with plaintiff James Parr. Sgromo allegedly had promised Parr 50 percent of the profits from the sales of 3D toys and products (products) that were designed and developed by Parr. Sgromo’s company, Wide Eyes Marketing, Ltd., marketed the products through its confidential license and royalty agreements with two toy companies, Learning Curve Brands, Inc. (Learning Curve) and Imperial Toys, LLC (Imperial). Claiming that Sgromo had wrongfully denied him his full share of the profits from the sales of the products, Parr filed a complaint against Sgromo, Wide Eyes Marketing, Learning Curve, and Imperial.2 Parr’s complaint alleged nine causes of action for: (1) breach of oral and implied contract against Sgromo and Imperial (first cause of

SLAPP is the acronym for Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation. All further statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure. Section 425.16, subdivision (b)(1) provides: “A cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person’s right of petition or…