Legal Opinion
Clonus Associates v. Dreamworks, LLC
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 25, 2006No. 05 Civ. 7043CSAS)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
This litigation involves two movies about secret facilities in which clones are unwittingly confined until their organs are harvested for the rich and powerful. Robert Fiveson alleges that defendants infringed the copyright of his 1979 movie, Parts: The Clonus Horror (“Clonus”) through production and distribution of The Island, a movie released by defendants in July 2005. Following discovery, the parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. 1 For the reasons described below, both motions are denied.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Procedural History 2
In 1978,…
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