Legal Opinion
Kenney v. Warner Bros. Entertainment
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 29, 2013No. Civil Action No. 13-11068-RGSPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT
STEARNS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Michael P. Kenney brought this copyright infringement action against Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. and Langley Park Pictures (collectively, Warner Brothers), alleging that Warner Brothers’ recent acquisition of the rights to develop a motion picture based on Roger Hobbs’s precocious debut novel “Ghost-man” infringes his copyright in a “comic book, screenplay and franchise movie” of the same name.1 Warner Brothers now moves to dismiss Kenney’s Amended Complaint.
BACKGROUND
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