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====== Lawsuit ====== | ====== Lawsuit ====== | ||
- | On December 29, 2015, [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] filed a **lawsuit** in Federal District Court in California' | ||
- | {{ :paramount_logo.gif|}} | + | On December 29, 2015, [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] filed a **lawsuit** in Federal District Court in California' |
===== The Players ===== | ===== The Players ===== | ||
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==== Plaintiffs ==== | ==== Plaintiffs ==== | ||
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Axanar Productions and Alec Peters are both represented pro bono by [[Winston & Strawn]], whose lead attorney is [[Erin Ranahan]]. | Axanar Productions and Alec Peters are both represented pro bono by [[Winston & Strawn]], whose lead attorney is [[Erin Ranahan]]. | ||
- | No [[other attorneys]] have yet been announced for any of the " | ||
==== Judge ==== | ==== Judge ==== | ||
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The statement outlined the two parties' | The statement outlined the two parties' | ||
- | The pending | + | The [[motion to dismiss]] the case filed by the defense |
==== Axanar' | ==== Axanar' | ||
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The filing of the [[summary_of_the_lawsuit|amended complaint]], | The filing of the [[summary_of_the_lawsuit|amended complaint]], | ||
- | The original legal complaint gave the defendants 20 days to formally respond to the plaintiffs' | + | The original legal complaint gave the defendants 20 days to formally respond to the plaintiffs' |
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+ | === Defendants' | ||
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+ | Following two unsuccessful motions to dismiss the [[copyright infringement]] lawsuit against them, Axanar Productions and producer Alec Peters on May 23, 2016, filed a formal [[Answer]] to the legal complaint filed against them by CBS and Paramount Pictures. | ||
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+ | The Answer included a [[answer# | ||
=== Motions to Dismiss === | === Motions to Dismiss === | ||
- | Instead of an Answer, [[Winston & Strawn]] | + | Instead of an Answer, [[Winston & Strawn]] |
* Insufficient and implausible citations of instances of copyright infringement. | * Insufficient and implausible citations of instances of copyright infringement. | ||
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- | While the motion | + | While the motion |
More hints about the emerging defense strategy appeared in the [[joint statement]] submitted May 2 by both sides to the judge. | More hints about the emerging defense strategy appeared in the [[joint statement]] submitted May 2 by both sides to the judge. | ||
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== Amended Legal Complaint == | == Amended Legal Complaint == | ||
- | Despite both sides' agreement on a two-week continuance(([[http:// | + | Despite both sides' agreement on a two-week continuance(([[http:// |
Instead of arguing over the original dismissal motion, the plaintiffs opted to file an amended legal complaint on March 11. According to a defense {{: | Instead of arguing over the original dismissal motion, the plaintiffs opted to file an amended legal complaint on March 11. According to a defense {{: | ||
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Following the March 11 filing of the plaintiff' | Following the March 11 filing of the plaintiff' | ||
- | That's where the case stood until March 28's new dismissal motion, which asks for a hearing date considering the motion on May 9, the same day as the [[scheduling conference]]. | + | That's where the case stood until March 28's new dismissal motion, which asked for a hearing date considering the motion on May 9, the same day as the [[scheduling conference]]. |
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