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Rearden LLC et al v. The Walt Disney Company et al
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3:17-cv-04006
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November 30, 2023
IP Forecast: Beauty And The Copyright-Protected Beast
A federal courthouse in Oakland will be center stage next week for a jury trial over allegations that Disney owes profits from the billion-dollar Emma Watson blockbuster "Beauty and the Beast" remake to ex-Microsoft executive Steve Perlman's digital effects company for infringing copyright-protected software to make the movie's live-action beast. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
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June 08, 2022
Judge Admits Error In Disney Digital FX Copyright Fight
A California federal judge said Wednesday that he will reconsider whether The Walt Disney Co. owes a portion of the profits from "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Deadpool" to a digital effects company that claims its technology was unlawfully used to make the movies.
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August 17, 2021
Disney Might Owe Film Profits In Digital FX Copyright Fight
A California federal judge says Walt Disney Co. might owe a portion of the profits from "Beauty and the Beast," "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Deadpool" to a digital effects company that claims its technology was unlawfully used to make the movies.
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June 19, 2018
Hollywood Giants Must Face Copyright Claims Over Digital FX
Disney, Paramount and 20th Century Fox lost a bid Monday to escape accusations the Hollywood studios violated copyright law when they created digital effects for "Guardians of the Galaxy" and a slew of other blockbusters.
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February 22, 2018
Studios Trim But Can't Toss IP Suit Over Visual Effects
A California federal judge Wednesday trimmed copyright infringement claims against Disney, Paramount and Fox but declined to dismiss claims that Disney's blockbuster films infringed the patents of a visual effects company and that all three studios violated its trademarks.
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January 25, 2018
Disney, Fox Fight To Toss IP Suit Over Visual Effects
A California federal judge said Thursday he'll probably cut claims alleging The Walt Disney Co., Paramount Pictures Corp. and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. infringed a visual effects company's copyrights to animate hit films like "Beauty and the Beast," but he said he's having "a harder time" nixing the suit's patent claims.
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July 17, 2017
Disney Accused Of Using Stolen CGI Tech For Hit Movies
A computer-generated imagery company accused The Walt Disney Co. in California federal court Monday of using its intellectual property without permission to animate characters in some of its highest-grossing recent films, including the live-action remake of "Beauty and the Beast," "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Guardians of the Galaxy."