Farhad Safinia v. Voltage Pictures, LLC et al

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Case Number:

2:17-cv-06902

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Copyright

Judge:

Consuelo B. Marshall

Firms

  1. 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."

  2. 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.

  3. 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.