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Farhad Safinia v. Voltage Pictures, LLC et al
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2:17-cv-06902
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March 12, 2019
Voltage Beats IP Suit By Writer-Director Of Mel Gibson Film
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted Voltage Pictures' bid to toss a copyright suit brought by a writer-director who worked on an upcoming film starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn, after Voltage argued that writing he'd done on the screenplay was "work made for hire."
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September 22, 2017
Voltage Beats TRO Bid In Mel Gibson Copyright Fight
A California federal judge refused Friday to stop an Academy Award-winning production company from working on a still-unfinished Mel Gibson film project or shopping it around to potential buyers, finding that the director didn't show a likelihood of success on the merits of his copyright infringement claims.
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September 20, 2017
Mel Gibson Film's Director Claims Movie Co. Infringed His IP
The screenwriter and director of "The Professor and the Madman," starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn, sued a Hollywood production company in California federal court Tuesday, claiming the Academy Award-winning company willfully infringed his copyrights to the film's screenplay and defamed him.