Merv Griffin Doubles Crosses From the Dead

[mrmatchgame]

From TMZ.com

Merv Griffin -- actually, his production company -- is being sued for allegedly stealing an idea for the game show "Merv Griffin's Crosswords."

Link: http://www.tmz.com/2008/05/05/merv-doubles...-from-the-dead/

(EDITED BY MODERATOR: How many times do we need to say "don't post entire articles"? -DZ)

[Dbacksfan12]

Way to copy this word-for-word from the article you linked from.  I know GSN's boards allow this to go on...but...you may want to read this, specifically, entry #11.

[clemon79]

If this were Fark, this story would have an "ASININE" tag. Who the hell would WANT to claim responsibility for that format?

[rigsby]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'185486\' date=\'May 6 2008, 02:12 PM\']Who the hell would WANT to claim responsibility for that format?[/quote]George Giangrante, apparently.  If I were Merv Griffin Enterprises, I'd let him take it.

/the previous two minutes were more time than I've thought about MGC in the last two months prior

[Robert Hutchinson]

[quote name=\'mrmatchgame\' post=\'185477\' date=\'May 6 2008, 02:18 PM\']From TMZ.com

Merv Griffin -- actually, his production company -- is being sued for allegedly stealing an idea for the game show "Merv Griffin's Crosswords."[/quote]
Well, that should be a slam dunk--

(follows link)

Oh, I see, they're being sued by someone other than Jeopardy!

[chris319]

Who the hell would WANT to claim responsibility for that format?

Someone who wants a seven-figure judgement or settlement, that's who. Can you say, "Oooooooh, deep pockets"?

Rule #1: You can't copyright an idea.