Legal Opinion
Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Carol Publishing Group
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 1, 1998No. 1:97-cv-08500PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
CONTI, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an action for copyright infringement brought by plaintiff Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”) which owns copyrights in the Star Trek television series and movies. Paramount contends that a book entitled The Joy of Trek, written by defendant Sam Ramer (“Ramer”) and published by defendant Carol Publishing Group (“Carol Publishing”), infringes a number of its Star Trek related copyrights. Paramount filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, seeking to enjoin the publication and…
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