Naik, who earlier resided in Los Angeles, had registered his script in the name of NRI Associates in US Copyright Office in 1986, ten years before the release of ID.

He alleged that Fox, which registered the ID script in 1995, stole the ”basic plot, storyline and key dramatic elements” from his ETM while he promoted his script during his stay in Los Angeles during 1985-93 to produce a motion picture.

As he was interested in converting his screenplay into a motion picture, he had circulated the script among a number of producers, entertainment agents and lawyers who were also associated with Fox, he said.

The defendant studio used two proxy writers to convert ETM into ID by making alterations and modifications, he alleged, pointing to the direct involvement of the US President in the war against aliens and the concept of ”energy shield” among the many unique features that were taken from his script.

Here is what I think though. The aliens were eventually defeated by an Apple computer. In 1986 when this story was allegedly written by Naik, were Apple computers even that powerful? My Apple 2GS could not have taken down a mothership or I would have tried it for sure. I think Fox attorneys will jump all over this fact.