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Meghan Markle Accused of Plagiarizing Idea For Netflix Kids’ Show

Meghan Markle is being accused of stealing an idea for a kids' show.

Mel Elliott is the author of a series of kids’ books that feature a character named Pearl Power, and she claims that Meghan or someone on her team sought to steal the concept for their show. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)“The world of arts and media are very competitive, and I’m afraid it’s quite common for powerful to people to rip off the work of less well-known creatives — although I’m not saying that’s what happened here.” “It also appears that there is a risk that your proposed series may infringe intellectual property rights belonging to my client and/or may give rise to a claim in passing off (or in the US, some form of unfair competition,’” they wrote in one letter.

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