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Larson v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.,

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

District court grants summary judgment in favor of defendants in litigation by heirs of Superman co-creator to terminate grant of rights for Superboy

Effie Film, LL v. Murphy

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 5 2013

District court grants plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings in action for declaratory judgment that plaintiff's screenplay for the film

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

Harper v. Maverick Recording Co

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 8 2010

U.S. Supreme Court denies certiorari in copyright infringement action brought by record companies against plaintiff who asserted the “innocent infringer” defense, and Justice Alito dissents

Benay v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 23 2012

District court grants summary judgment in favor of defendants on implied-in-fact contract, finding lack of privity between plaintiffs and defendants

Don Johnson Productions, Inc. v. Rysher Entertainment

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 10 2012

Plaintiff Don Johnson Productions, Inc., a “loan-out” corporation owned by actor Don Johnson, brought suit in February 2009 against defendants Rysher Entertainment LLC, 2929 Entertainment, LP, and Qualia Capital LLC, the producers and financiers of the television series Nash Bridges, for breach of contract, conversion, unjust enrichment, an accounting, and interference with prospective economic advantage

Alexander v. Murdoch

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 21 2012

Second Circuit affirms dismissal of plaintiff’s copyright infringement and other claims against defendants, creators and producers of television series Modern Family, finding no substantial similarity between the show and plaintiff’s copyrighted treatment and pilot script for a television series

SOFA Entertainment, Inc. v. Dodge Productions, Inc.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 27 2013

In a copyright infringement action brought by the owner of a seven-second clip of the “Ed Sullivan Show” against the producers of the live-stage musical “Jersey Boys,” the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment and an award of attorneys’ fees in favor of the defendants, finding that defendants’ use of the historical clip constituted fair use and that plaintiff’s claims were objectively unreasonable

Gottlieb Development LLC v. Paramount Pictures Corporation

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

The district court held that Paramount’s use of plaintiff’s pinball machine in a three-and-a-half minute scene in the movie What Women Want was de minimis and dismissed plaintiff’s claim of copyright infringement

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

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