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Dunn v. DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

California Court of Appeal affirms judgment in favor of defendant DreamWorks Animation on plaintiff’s breach of implied-in-fact contract claim

Beholder Productions, Inc. v. Catona, et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2009

The court granted summary judgment for defendants, dismissing plaintiff’s copyright infringement suit

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc, et al v. Fung, et al

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2010

In copyright infringement action against operator of BitTorrent websites, court grants summary judgment to plaintiff movie studios on liability for inducement to infringe

UMG Recordings, Inc., et al. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 16 2009

Defendant Veoh operates an Internet-based service that allows users to share videos with others

Milne, et al. v. Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2009

The district court grants Disney’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing Slesinger’s copyright, trademark and trade dress infringement claims relating to the Winnie the Pooh characters; the court also grants Disney’s motion for summary adjudication of Slesinger’s claims based on judicial estoppel

The Weinstein Company v. Smokewood Entertainment Group, LLC

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2009

In a breach of contract action, the district court grants defendant producer’s motion to dismiss claims by The Weinstein Company, holding that parties’ oral negotiations for licensing and distribution rights to the motion picture Push, allegedly confirmed by an email exchange, do not constitute a writing that satisfies Section 204 of the Copyright Act

Young v. Wideawake Death Row Entertainment, LLC

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 16 2010

District court grants motion to dismiss Lanham Act and right of publicity claims in action brought by Dr. Dre against company that re-issued his recorded works without his permission

Thomas v. The Walt Disney Company, et al. (unpublished)

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 15 2009

Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of pro se plaintiff’s copyright infringement claim because plaintiff’s screenplay and defendants’ motion picture Finding Nemo are not substantially similar as a matter of law

Kourtis, et al. v. Cameron, et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 9 2009

In copyright infringement suit against producer of two films in Terminator series, Ninth Circuit approves imposition of a costs bond under California law, and affirms grant of attorney’s fees and costs where plaintiffs' claims were objectively unreasonable

Yeager v. Cingular Wireless LLC, et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 6 2010

Court denies defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s common law and statutory misappropriation of likeness claims, rejecting defendant’s argument that its press release announcing a new service, that included plaintiff’s name, was noncommercial speech entitled to First Amendment protection, and rejecting argument that defendant’s use of plaintiff’s name as a trademark in press release was a nominative fair use