Accused Letterman extortionist "48 Hours" producer

Newsday wrote:

You are about to hear a great deal about this man in the next few hours -- the man police and now, CBS -- have identified as the Letterman extortionist. But here's what I have learned so far.

Until Thursday, he was a well-regarded veteran producer at "48 Hours" whose credits include work on the Winter Olympics, and producer or segment producer for a number of CBS and Showtime documentaries, including 2006's very well-reviewed "Three Days in September."

The charge is attempted grand larceny. Had the "48 Hours" producer merely published the information (which was apparently true), he likely would have walked.

Now contemplate how the story would have played out in an intellectual property context, wherein the "48 Hours" producer had learned of some invention, not yet published. Or, contemplate paragraph (iv) filings in the Hatch-Waxman context.

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