NEWS:

May 16, 2007 - LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Federal Court sanctions owners and producers of 'American Idol'. Click to read more.

January, 2007 - 'Elimination Play', one of the alleged stolen ideas from the plaintiff, Adam Pick, is removed from the 'American Idol' website.

August 10, 2006 - LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The owners, producers and network behind American Idol have filed a $500,000 countersuit against Adam Pick, a fan of the hit television series.

“I’m shocked,” noted Pick, who is recovering from open-heart surgery. “First, American Idol stole my ideas. Now, they have sued me for using those ideas on my own website.” Click to read more.



“I think it is a huge mistake for American Idol to sue one of their fans for utilizing his own ideas,” Valle stated. “There are a number of fans operating American Idol websites who I suspect will be quite surprised and unhappy when they learn what the owners of American Idol have done.”
-- Jeff Valle, Principal of Valle & Associates


May 23, 2006 - SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Valle & Associates (www.valleassociates.com) has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of Adam Pick against American Idol Productions, Inc. and Fremantle Media of North Ameri, Inc. alleging that the owners of American Idol stole an ingenious and highly lucrative website idea from Mr. Pick, a local businessman and American Idol fan. Click to read more.

LEGAL FILINGS:

May 31, 2006 - Adam Pick (doing business as Idol Go Home) Files Complaint In Los Angeles Superior Court of California Against FremantleMedia North America, American Idol Productions and Fox Television Stations (Download PDF)

August 16, 2006 - First Set Of Requests For Production Of Documents To The Defendant, American Idol Productions, Inc. (Download PDF)

August 18, 2006 - First Set Of Special Interrogatories Propounded To Defendant American Idol Productions, Inc. (Download PDF)

May 16, 2007 - Judge A. Howard Matz's Ruling. (Download PDF)

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