Legal Opinion
Clonus Associates v. DREAMWORKS, LLC
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 27, 2005No. 05 CIV. 7043(SAS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
Clonus Associates seeks a preliminary injunction against defendants Dream-Works, LLC and Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc. Plaintiff alleges that defendants infringed the copyright of its 1979 movie, Parts: The Clonus Horror (“Clonus ”) through production and distribution of The Island, a movie released by defendants in July 2005.
I. BACKGROUND
On July 6, 2005, plaintiff sent a letter to defendants to “formally place Defendants on notice that any release of The Island constituted copyright infringement.” 1 DreamWorks responded by denying any…
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