Legal Opinion
Dean v. Cameron
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 17, 2014No. 13-CV-4479 (JMF)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JESSE M. FURMAN, District Judge:
Plaintiff William Roger Dean, a successful artist, brings this action against James Cameron, the renowned writer and director; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment; and Lightstorm Entertainment (together, “Defendants”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendants, through their work on the blockbuster 2009 feature film Avatar, infringed his copyright on fourteen “original artworks created and owned by Plaintiff.” (Am. Compl. (Docket No. 12) ¶21). Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil…
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