LEGISLATOR 1357 LTD. v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC.

No. 04 Civ. 3951(MGC).

452 F.Supp.2d 382 (2006)

LEGISLATOR 1357 LIMITED and Legislator 1358 Limited, Plaintiffs, v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment Inc., Danjaq LLC and Eon Productions Limited, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cowan, DeBaets, Abraham & Sheppard by David B. Wolf, Matthew Kaplan, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Loeb & Loeb by Jonathan Zavin, Jacques Rimokh, Sunny Park, New York, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION

CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

Plaintiffs claim ownership of the late Ian Fleming's copyright in the story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: the Magical Car ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," the "Work"), and assert that defendants have infringed the renewed copyright by distributing a movie based on that story. Plaintiffs move for partial summary judgment on the issue of defendants' liability for copyright...

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