Hollywood Versus a Film School Project
By Richard Stobbe
Intellectual Property,
February 2020
In 1998, high school student Pourshian conceived the idea for a film in which a character’s internal organs were portrayed as personified characters. In 2000 Pourshian, a film school student in Ontario, wrote a screenplay and produced a short film, Inside Out, based on his idea. In 2015 Pixar, Disney’s animation company, released Inside Out, with characters personifying emotions. Pourshian sued. In this decision, the Canadian court found a real and substantial connection between the claims and Ontario.
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