A writer’s copyright infringement lawsuit against several major entertainment companies claiming four television series, including “Friends,” ripped off her work has been removed from New York state court to federal court.
LeTicia Lee’s suit, filed in November 2022, alleged the “Friends,” “Sex and the City,” “Living Single,” and “Girlfriends"—are based on her original treatment and 1991 pilot script for a sitcom titled “Girlfriends.”
The defendants—CBS Broadcasting Inc., Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution Inc., HBO Home Entertainment, Inc., Grammnet NH Productions, Warner Media, LLC, and NBC Universal Television Studio Digital Development LLC—removed the complaint to US District Court for the Western ...
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