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 +====== Defense Replies to Support Dismissal ======
 +[{{ :ranahan_3.32.06_am.jpg?150|Axanar defense lawyer **Erin Ranahan** of Winston & Strawn.}}]
  
 +<wrap lo>//See also: [[http://1701news.com/node/1160/axanar-wont-back-down-dismissal-motion.html|Axanar won't back down from dismissal motion]] (1701News)//</wrap>
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 +Axanar's defense attorney, [[Erin Ranahan]], filed a reply on April 25, 2016, to plaintiffs' opposition to her [[motion_to_dismiss|Motion to Dismiss]] or strike all or part of the amended legal complaint filed by [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] against [[Alec Peters]] and [[Axanar Productions]].
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 +The two sides are supposed to argue over the dismissal at what's likely to be an agenda-filled May 9 [[scheduling conference]], which may also include:
 +  * Revelation of the as-yet-unnamed [[does|additional defendants]].
 +  * A move to reconcile the two sides' [[discovery]] plans, which were to have been submitted April 18.
 +  * Several alternative dispute resolutions as a means to avoid going to the time and expense of trial.
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 +//**__‘Plaintiffs cannot simply rely on their boundless claims to an amorphous, extended Star Trek universe when pursuing claims against defendants in a narrow dispute. ’__**// — //Axanar attorney Erin Ranahan//
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 +===== Reiteration =====
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 +The 15-page document submitted by Axanar's legal team at [[Winston & Strawn]] essentially reiterated the defense's three major arguments for dismissing the case, with additional citation of case law intended to rebut the arguments from plaintiffs' lawyers at [[Loeb & Loeb]]:
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 +  * Plaintiffs' copyright claims are based on elements not protected by copyright law;
 +  * Plaintiffs fail to sufficiently identify the works and copyrights that have allegedly been infringed; and/or
 +  * Plaintiffs' requested relief is based on an unfinished //Axanar// film and is therefore premature.
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 +**DOWNLOAD** the defense's replies: \\
 +  * {{::paramount_pictures_corporation_v_axanar_productions_inc_et_al_cacdce-15-09938_0033.0.pdf|Reply to Opposition to dismissal motion}}.
 +  * {{::paramount_pictures_corporation_v_axanar_productions_inc_et_al_cacdce-15-09938_0034.0.pdf|Reply to Opposition to request for judicial notice}}.
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 +===== Request for Judicial Notice =====
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 +Ranahan also submitted a five-page reply to plaintiffs' opposition to her Request for Judicial Notice, which consisted of definitions and information sources the defense wanted [[Judge R. Gary Klausner]] to accept so they wouldn't have to be argued before the court.
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 +The plaintiffs' [[dismissal_opposition|opposition brief]] had argued against this request.{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
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 +**Keywords** {{tag>defense players plaintiffs lawsuit}}