A man has failed in his attempt to sue Disney for refusing to let him build a flying car shaped like a Star Wars space ship.
Joseph Alfred, from New Jersey, envisioned an "endless skyway" filled with vehicles capable of vertical take-off and landing which looked like X-wing fighter planes. When Disney agreed to hear his pitch, he told them that he could raise $930,000,000 through fundraising on Kickstarter, if only Disney would licence him the X-Wing design and promote the flying car alongside its upcoming Star Wars films during "its televising of Florida State’s unbeaten Seminole football team".
However Disney declined Alfred's offer, prompting him to sue. In a novel interpretation of contract law, he claimed that Disney had automatically agreed to his terms by meeting with him. He also accused the company of "stalling the next evolution of human transportation on this planet".
Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III, considering the "remarkable" claim in the Delaware court, granted Disney's motion to dismiss. He ruled that "there are simply no allegations in the Complaint from which I can infer that Disney agreed to do anything". However he did praise Alfred's "unique example of the pleader's art", and offered encouragement in his pretty special ruling:
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Joseph Alfred, from New Jersey, envisioned an "endless skyway" filled with vehicles capable of vertical take-off and landing which looked like X-wing fighter planes. When Disney agreed to hear his pitch, he told them that he could raise $930,000,000 through fundraising on Kickstarter, if only Disney would licence him the X-Wing design and promote the flying car alongside its upcoming Star Wars films during "its televising of Florida State’s unbeaten Seminole football team".
Alfred spent years working on his design |
However Disney declined Alfred's offer, prompting him to sue. In a novel interpretation of contract law, he claimed that Disney had automatically agreed to his terms by meeting with him. He also accused the company of "stalling the next evolution of human transportation on this planet".
Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III, considering the "remarkable" claim in the Delaware court, granted Disney's motion to dismiss. He ruled that "there are simply no allegations in the Complaint from which I can infer that Disney agreed to do anything". However he did praise Alfred's "unique example of the pleader's art", and offered encouragement in his pretty special ruling:
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Boy. That could have been a lot more embarrassing.
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