MALJACK PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. UAV CORP.

Nos. CV 96-0749 DDP, CV 96-7416 DDP.

964 F.Supp. 1416 (1997)

MALJACK PRODUCTIONS, INC., an Illinois corporation, and Batjac Productions, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UAV CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation, and Mary Beth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Defendants. BATJAC PRODUCTIONS, INC., a California Corporation, Plaintiff, v. GOODTIMES HOME VIDEO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and Mary Beth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

May 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Gerber, D. Gerber Law Offices, Oxnard, CA, for Maljack Productions, Inc., Batjac Productions Inc. in No. CV 96-0749.

Dennis G. Martin, William T. Babbitt, Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman, Los Angeles, CA, for UAV Corp.

Peter Herbert Moses & Singer, New York City, for Batjac Productions Inc. in No. CV 96-7416.

Juan C. Basombrio, Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., Costa Mesa, CA, Helene M. Freeman, Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., New York City, for Goodtimes Home Video Corp.

Thomas J. Byrnes, Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Registrar of Copyrights.


I. Background

PREGERSON, District Judge.

A. Procedural Background.

Plaintiffs Maljack Productions, Inc. ("Maljack") and Batjac Productions, Inc. ("Batjac") (collectively "Plaintiffs") brought suit against defendants UAV Corporation ("UAV") and Goodtimes Home Video Corporation ("Goodtimes") for infringement of Plaintiffs' alleged rights in two versions of the screenplay for the motion picture McClintock! (the "screenplays"). Plaintiffs also...

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