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- | MAY 2, 2016 — It may be at least a year before Axanar gets its day in court, but a settlement might come sooner, as attorneys for both sides agreed | + | Plaintiffs and defense |
- | In a **joint statement** filed in federal court, attorneys in the CBS/ | + | ===== Joint Report ===== |
- | ===== Alternative Dispute Resolution ===== | + | A week before the conference (May 2), 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. |
- | At the same time, the parties | + | <WRAP right box 50%> |
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- | According to their joint request, the plaintiffs and defendants | + | </WRAP> |
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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// | + | |
- | ===== Joint Report ===== | + | |
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. | 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. | ||
- | 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]], which is still pending a May 9, 2016, hearing before | + | 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 |
==== Claims and Defense ==== | ==== Claims and Defense ==== | ||
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===== Discovery Plans ===== | ===== Discovery Plans ===== | ||
+ | <wrap lo>//See also: [[discovery# | ||
The report revealed the two sides met on April 18 to serve requests for: | The report revealed the two sides met on April 18 to serve requests for: | ||
- | * Producing | + | * [[discovery# |
- | * Completing interrogatories, | + | * Completing |
- | The defense also made requests for admissions, a set of statements they want the plaintiffs to either admit or deny. | + | The defense also made [[discovery# |
==== Plaintiffs' | ==== Plaintiffs' | ||
- | Apart from their initial interrogatories, and document requests the plaintiffs plan to depose Alec Peters and other Axanar Productions employees and representatives, | + | Apart from their initial interrogatories and document requests, the plaintiffs plan to depose Alec Peters and other Axanar Productions employees and representatives, |
==== Defense Discovery Plan ==== | ==== Defense Discovery Plan ==== | ||
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* Alleged damages. | * Alleged damages. | ||
- | Notably, | + | Notably, |
===== Proposed Trial Schedule ===== | ===== Proposed Trial Schedule ===== | ||
- | The joint report outlined | + | The joint report outlined |
^ Date ^ Scheduled Event | | ^ Date ^ Scheduled Event | | ||
- | | 6/8/16 | Last day to add parties | | + | | 5/25/16 | Last day to add parties | |
- | | 10/28/16 | Fact discovery cut-off | | + | | 11/2/16 | Fact discovery cut-off | |
- | | 11/18/16 | Initial expert disclosures | + | | 11/16/16 | Motion cut-off |
- | | 12/16/16 | Rebuttal expert disclosures | + | | 12/16/16 | Objections to admitting evidence |
- | | 1/27/17 | Expert | + | | 1/4/17 | Expert |
- | | 2/13/17 | Motions due | | + | | 1/9/17 | Final Pre-Trial Conference | |
- | | 4/24/17 | Final Pre-Trial Conference | | + | | 1/31/17 | Trial Begins* | |
- | | 5/9/17 | Trial Begins* | | + | |
| * <wrap lo>// | | * <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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