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+ | ====== Trial Schedule ====== | ||
+ | Plaintiffs and defense attorneys met with [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]] on May 9 for a [[scheduling conference|conference]] to create a **schedule** leading up to a January 31, 2017, trial in [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]]' | ||
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+ | ===== Joint Report ===== | ||
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+ | A week before the conference, the two sides filed a joint report, required by the judge, that proposed several months of discovery and motions, as well a plan for alternative dispute resolution, before the January 2017 trial. | ||
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+ | //**__The parties don't plan to add other parties, squelching (for now) speculation about which Doe defendants might have been named.__**// | ||
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+ | The joint report submitted by the attorneys noted the parties met on April 18, 2016, to confer on the discovery plan, trial schedule and alternative dispute resolution. | ||
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+ | The joint report mostly re-states what both parties have previously filed in the [[summary_of_the_lawsuit|legal complaint]] and [[motion to dismiss|motions to dismiss]]. Judge Klausner [[dismissal_denied|denied the dismissal motion]] on May 9. | ||
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+ | ==== Claims and Defense ==== | ||
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+ | In the report, CBS and Paramount' | ||
+ | - Axanar intended to be a produce a professional-quality “prequel” to the original Star Trek. | ||
+ | - The prequel intended to employ numerous copyrighted Star Trek elements. | ||
+ | - Axanar raised more than $1 million to produce its works, //Prelude to Axanar// and //Axanar//. | ||
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+ | Meanwhile more details emerged about Axanar' | ||
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+ | * That //Prelude to Axanar// and //Axanar// are " | ||
+ | * Axanar' | ||
+ | * They disagreed with the characterization of the Axanar works as a " | ||
+ | * They asserted the elements CBS and Paramount "claim have been infringed are not copyrightable." | ||
+ | * Since //Axanar// has not yet been produced the plaintiffs' | ||
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+ | ==== No Does? ==== | ||
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+ | The joint report also noted the parties don't currently plan additional motions seeking to | ||
+ | add other parties, squelching (for now) speculation about which [[does|Doe defendants]] might have been named. | ||
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+ | However, the filing did not close off the possibility that other parties might be named, with its proposed schedule trial schedule allowing for parties to be added to the case by June 8, 2016. | ||
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+ | ==== Requests for Summary Judgment ==== | ||
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+ | Both sides signaled plans to move for summary judgment in the case, asking the court to rule in the case without a full trial. Such a judgment may be issued on the merits of an entire case, or on discrete issues in that case.(([[wp> | ||
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+ | However, they also agreed they did not plan to add other claims, file amended pleadings or request | ||
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+ | ===== Discovery Plans ===== | ||
+ | <wrap lo>//See also: [[discovery# | ||
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+ | The report revealed the two sides met on April 18 to serve requests for: | ||
+ | * [[discovery# | ||
+ | * Completing [[discovery# | ||
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+ | The defense also made [[discovery# | ||
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+ | ==== Plaintiffs' | ||
+ | Apart from their initial interrogatories and document requests, the plaintiffs plan to depose Alec Peters and other Axanar Productions employees and representatives, | ||
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+ | ==== Defense Discovery Plan ==== | ||
+ | Apart from its initial requests, the defense intends to depose a variety of witnesses, including | ||
+ | * Alleged ownership Star Trek's copyrights. | ||
+ | * Allegations of infringement. | ||
+ | * Alleged damages. | ||
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+ | Notably, Axanar' | ||
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+ | ===== Proposed Trial Schedule ===== | ||
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+ | The joint report outlined a schedule for pretrial activities leading up to a trial originally scheduled to begin in spring 2017. However, following the May 9, 2016, [[scheduling conference]], | ||
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+ | ^ Date ^ Scheduled Event | | ||
+ | | 5/25/16 | Last day to add parties | | ||
+ | | 11/2/16 | Fact discovery cut-off | | ||
+ | | 11/16/16 | Motion cut-off | | ||
+ | | 12/16/16 | Objections to admitting evidence | | ||
+ | | 1/4/17 | Expert witness disclosure | | ||
+ | | 1/9/17 | Final Pre-Trial Conference | | ||
+ | | 1/31/17 | Trial Begins* | | ||
+ | | * <wrap lo>// | ||
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+ | ==== Alternative Dispute Resolution ==== | ||
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+ | At the same time, the parties responded to [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]]' | ||
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+ | According to their joint request, the plaintiffs and defendants selected the first option Klausner presented them: Settlement proceedings overseen by a federal magistrate, [[federal_magistrate_judge_charles_f._eick|Judge Charles F. Eick]]. | ||
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+ | Eick has considered other copyright cases, most recently a 2014 case involving a James Bond Knockoff, a 2013 case in which the frontman for the rock band Lights Over Paris was charged with fraud, and threw out a lawsuit brought by a former production assistant for director Oliver Stone who alleged the Walt Disney Co. and ABC had stolen ideas from her screenplay for the show //Ugly Betty// | ||
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