Disney sued for inside out
LOS ANGELES: A parenting and child development specialist has sued Walt Disney Co and its Pixar unit, accusing them of stealing from her the concept of their 2015 blockbuster movie, In a complaint filed on Monday in the Los Angeles federal court, Denise Daniels said the animated film, featuring colour-coded characters representing different human emotions, mirrors a children’s programme called
which she conceived and pitched to Disney every year between 2005 and 2009. Daniels said she had an “implied-in-fact” contract with Disney that she should be paid from
box office, DVD, Blu-Ray, iTunes revenue from. The film has grossed more than $850 million worldwide since its June 2015 release.