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tardigrades_opposition_dismissal [2019/03/10 01:02] – [Opposition Pleading] Carlos Pedrazatardigrades_opposition_dismissal [2019/03/10 03:00] – Carlos Pedraza
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-==== Opposition Pleading ====+===== Opposition Pleading =====
  
 **Filed in federal court** this week, Abdin’s pleading claims: **Filed in federal court** this week, Abdin’s pleading claims:
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 <WRAP>//**__« Any person watching the two works will instantly see the similarities and even think they are the same production. »__**//  <wrap indent>//— Tardigrades creator Anas Abdin//</wrap></WRAP> <WRAP>//**__« Any person watching the two works will instantly see the similarities and even think they are the same production. »__**//  <wrap indent>//— Tardigrades creator Anas Abdin//</wrap></WRAP>
  
-=== Derivative Characters ===+==== Templates ==== 
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 +The game’s characters and tardigrade clearly served as templates for the derivative characters and creature in //Discovery//.
  
-  * **Templates**: The game’s characters and tardigrade clearly served as templates for the derivative characters and creature in //Discovery//. 
   * **"Excessive splintering"**  of the Tardigrades game renders its elements unprotectable by Abdin, an argument he claims would leave CBS without copyright protection for its own Star Trek properties.   * **"Excessive splintering"**  of the Tardigrades game renders its elements unprotectable by Abdin, an argument he claims would leave CBS without copyright protection for its own Star Trek properties.
  
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-=== Axanar Connection ===+==== Axanar Connection ==== 
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 +Interestingly, lawyers trying to defend Axanar against a copyright lawsuit brought by CBS and Paramount used a similar argument. The federal judge in that case [[:fair_use_denied#copyrightable_elements|didn't buy it]].
  
-Interestingly, lawyers trying to defend Axanar against a copyright lawsuit brought by CBS and Paramount used a similar argument. The judge in that case [[:fair_use_denied#copyrightable_elements|didn't buy it]]. 
 ==== Items Protected by Copyright ==== ==== Items Protected by Copyright ====
  
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-==== Alleged Manufactured Evidence ====+===== Alleged Manufactured Evidence =====
  
 Abdin refutes CBS’ allegation in its motion to dismiss that he "[[:tardigrades_dismissal_motion#manufactured_similarity|manufactured similarities]]": Abdin refutes CBS’ allegation in its motion to dismiss that he "[[:tardigrades_dismissal_motion#manufactured_similarity|manufactured similarities]]":