Two Counts of Lawsuit Against Patterson Move Forward A Southern District court judge allowed allegations of breach of contract and copyright infringement to proceed against novelist James Patterson, while dismissing seven other charges, including misappropriation and unjust enrichment, according to a short piece in NY Lawyer. Patterson is being sued by Christina Sharp, which whom he was involved romantically for a period between June 1996 and April 1997. Sharp alleges that CAT AND MOUSE includes some of her work, and asserts that SUZANNE’S DIARY FOR NICHOLAS was based on her idea. Judge Gerard E. Lynch wrote: “In tandem with their […]
