Warner Bros. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

OPINION

MOTLEY, District Judge.

In this opinion, the court grants summary judgment for defendants, holding, as a matter of law, that defendants’ works (consisting of a two-hour premiere television show and seven one-hour television episodes) are not substantially similar to plaintiffs’ works (consisting of two movies, three television shows, and approximately twenty comic books), and that there is no likelihood of confusion between the parties’ works.

Plaintiffs, owners of the copyrighted motion pictures, television shows and comic books featuring the well-known character Superman, are suing…