August 17, 2023
A California federal judge has granted a joint bid by Netflix and a screenwriter to dismiss an intellectual property lawsuit alleging the video-streaming behemoth ripped off ideas from the writer's undeveloped screenplays in its hit science-fiction series "Stranger Things."
January 21, 2021
A federal judge in California declined Thursday to let Netflix out of a screenwriter's case alleging that the creators of the hit series "Stranger Things" had stolen elements from his undeveloped screenplays.
July 16, 2020
Netflix and the creators of "Stranger Things" are facing another intellectual property suit over the show, this time from a screenwriter claiming the popular series features ideas stolen from his undeveloped feature film script, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in California federal court.