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  1. April 08, 2024

    Paramount Wins IP Dogfight Against 'Top Gun' Story Heirs

    A California federal judge has thrown out a copyright suit against Paramount Pictures Corp. filed by the family of a writer behind the source material of the film "Top Gun," finding that the entertainment giant did not infringe copyrighted material in the sequel, "Top Gun: Maverick."

  2. November 08, 2023

    Paramount, 'Top Gun' Story Heirs Trade Fire In IP Dogfight

    Paramount traded blows with the family of a writer for source material of the film "Top Gun" in dueling motions for summary judgment in a California federal court lawsuit accusing the entertainment giant of infringing on copyrighted material in the sequel "Top Gun: Maverick."

  3. August 30, 2022

    Paramount Wants To Shoot Down 'Top Gun: Maverick' IP Suit

    Entertainment giant Paramount has urged a California federal judge to toss a copyright suit brought by the family of a writer for source material of the film "Top Gun," arguing that the movie's sequel is "vastly different" from the derivative work.

  4. June 06, 2022

    'Top Gun: Maverick' Flies Right Into IP Danger Zone, Suit Says

    Family members of the writer who wrote the story on which the hit 1986 movie "Top Gun" was based has filed a copyright lawsuit over its newly released sequel, "Top Gun: Maverick."

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