Macias v. Rivera, No. ____ (Iowa Dist. Ct. filed Oct. 2009).
Status: Pending.

The owner of a television program aimed at Hispanics sued the creator of a soon-to-be-launched competing program for statements on his blog in advance of the show. The parties were originally going to produce the existing show together, but then had a falling out.

The statements at issue were posted on the "Calle Virtual" blog under the headline, "When Your Idea is Stolen."

Spanish-language TV shows involved in court battle