Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 28, 2013No. Civil Action No. 1:11-10255-JLTPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
I. Introduction
In 2008, Defendants DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and DreamWorks Animation LLC- (together “DreamWorks”), in collaboration with Defendant Paramount Pictures Corp., (collectively “Defendants”) released the movie Rung Fu Panda, a wildly successful animated film featuring a giant panda who becomes a kung fu warri- or. Plaintiff Jayme Gordon, an artist, claims to have created the film’s main characters in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He brings this suit against Defendants for copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, and…
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