Federal Judge Cuts Down Actress’s Claims in Suit Against Amazon, IMDb for...
U.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pechman released an order on July 2, 2012 granting a joint motion by IMDb.com Inc. and parent company Amazon.com Inc. to dismiss actress Junie Hoang’s claims that IMDb’s...
View ArticleWeinsteins’ Suit Against ‘Scream’ Writer Williamson is about the Contract,...
On August 23, 2012, California Superior Court Judge Mary Ann Murphy refused to dismiss a suit brought by The Weintstein Co., LLC against ‘Scream’ writer Kevin Williamson. In essence, the ruling...
View ArticleDisney, Sony Face Billion Dollar ‘Sister Act’ Suit filed by Harlem Nun
Harlem nun Delois Blakely is suing Disney and Sony Pictures for allegedly stealing her life story for the plot of the popular movie “Sister Act.” According to Blakely, she delivered a synopsis of her...
View ArticleAuthor Fails in ‘Avatar’ Copyright Suit Against Cameron and Fox
U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real recently granted director James Cameron’s and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.’s motion to dismiss in a copyright action, holding that a disgruntled author and...
View ArticleTribeca Film Festival Sues Developer for $100 Million in Breach of Contract...
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Craig Hatkoff, Jane Rosenthal, and Robert DeNiro. It has generated an estimated $750 million in economic activity for New York City. It has strong ties...
View ArticleDisney Hoping to Freeze “Frozen Land”
This holiday season Disney released its newest animated film “Frozen.” To celebrate, the company presented Phase 4 Films with a gift worse than Aunt Edna’s fruit cake – a trademark infringement...
View Article‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Studio Sued for Defamation
On February 18, Andrew Greene filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against the filmmakers of the recent box office hit “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Paramount Pictures. Greene’s filing accuses the...
View ArticleThe Battle Over ‘Margaret’ Ends
On Wednesday, April 2, a six-year legal battle over Kenneth Lonergan’s film Margaret, released in 2011 ended. The parties to the suit, Lonergan and the film’s financier, Gary Gilbert, came to a...
View Article‘What Masie Knew’ Screenwriter Facing Libel-in-Fiction Suit by Ex
The movie “What Maisie Knew” has been commonly understood as being an adaptation of Henry James’ 1897 novel that shares the same name. That work chronicled the bitter tale of a daughter caught between...
View ArticleTarantino Withdraws IP Lawsuit Against Gawker Over Script Leak
Barely a few weeks ago Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained director Quentin Tarantino filed an amended complaint in his lawsuit against the website Gawker, alleging that the site had committed copyright...
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