January 08, 2015
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and the producers of the James Bond film franchise on Wednesday settled a copyright dispute with NBCUniversal LLC in California federal court regarding an upcoming film project called "Section 6" that features an alleged knockoff version of the world-famous 007 spy character.
October 07, 2014
A California federal judge has ruled that character and plot elements in NBCUniversal Media LLC's planned spy film "Section 6," which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. alleges is a James Bond rip-off, likely aren't covered by the fair use doctrine.
September 24, 2014
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.'s suit alleging NBCUniversal Media LLC's planned spy film "Section 6" is a James Bond knockoff.
June 26, 2014
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. on Wednesday fired back at NBCUniversal Media LLC's bid to escape a lawsuit claiming a planned Universal spy film called "Section 6" is a James Bond knockoff, saying even early draft scripts of the project counted as infringement.
May 27, 2014
NBCUniversal Media LLC asked a California federal judge on Tueday to toss Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.'s suit claiming a spy film project called "Section 6" was a James Bond knockoff, blasting MGM for trying to "monopolize" the entire genre of British spy drama.
April 16, 2014
A California federal judge on Monday refused to give Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. expedited discovery in its lawsuit accusing NBCUniversal Media LLC of plotting a knockoff James Bond movie, saying Universal's early-stage film project didn't pose a sufficiently immediate threat to MGM.
April 14, 2014
Days after Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. accused NBCUniversal LLC of plotting a knockoff James Bond movie, Universal told a California federal judge on Friday that the film is still in early development and that the studio had no intention of infringing the 007 spy franchise if the movie even makes it to the screen.
April 07, 2014
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and the other rights holders for the James Bond franchise hit NBCUniversal LLC with a lawsuit in California federal court Thursday claiming the Comcast Corp. subsidiary is planning its own version of the famed spy movies.