GILBERT v. NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, INC.

No. 10-56458.

SHERI H. GILBERT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, INC., a California corporation; NEW LINE CINEMA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; BENDER-SPINK, INC., a California corporation; CHRIS BENDER, individually and as an agent of Bender-Spink, Inc.; J.C. SPINK, individually and as an agent of Bender-Spink, Inc.; SPRING CREEK PRODUCTIONS, INC., a California corporation; PAULA WEINSTEIN, individually and as an agent of Spring Creek Productions, Inc.; AVERY PIX, INC., a California corporation; KUMAR MOBILIENGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. PROJEKT NR. 1 KG, a German Company; MICHAEL FLYNN; NUYORICAN PRODUCTIONS, INC., a California corporation; JULIO CARO; FIRECRACKER PRODUCTIONS, INC., a California corporation; ANYA KOCHOFF, individually and as an agent of Firecracker Productions, Inc., AKA Anya Kochoff Landes, AKA Anya Kochoff Romano; WRITTEN IN STONE, INC., a California corporation; RICHARD LAGRAVENESE, individually and as an agent of Written in Stone, Inc.; MIGUEL A. NUNEZ, Jr.; VILLAGE ROADSHOW, LTD, an Australian Corporation; PARADISO ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a New York corporation; ENTERTAINMENT FILM DISTRIBUTORS LTD, a British corporation; METROPOLITAN FILMEXPORT, a French corporation; ALLIANCE FILMS, INC., FKA Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., DBA Motion Picture Distribution LP; YLEISRADIO OY, a Finnish company, AKA YLE; FS FILM OY, a Finnish company; THE ENDEAVOR AGENCY, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; ADRIANA ALBERGHETTI, individually and as an agent of The Endeavor Agency, LLC; FILM INDEPENDENT, INC., a California corporation, FKA Independent Feature Project/West; TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., a Georgia corporation; CW MEDIA SALES INC./CW VENTES MEDIA INC., a Canadian corporation; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP., a Canadian corporation; PARADISO HOME ENTERTAINMENT, a Dutch company; SANTA FE PRODUCTIONS NV, a Belgian Public Limited Liability Company, DBA Paradiso Entertainment; PARADISO ENTERTAINMENT NEDERLANDS BV, a Dutch Private Limited Company; CW MEDIA, INC., a Canadian Corporation, formerly known as Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., doing business as Motion Picture Distribution LP; DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, S.A., an Argentinian Company; JANE FONDA; JENNIFER LOPEZ, individually, and as an agent of Nuyorican Productions, Inc.; ROBERT LUKETIC; NEW LINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a New York Corporation; NEW LINE INTERNATIONAL RELEASING, INC., a California Corporation; NEW LINE TELEVISION, INC., a California Corporation; WANDA SYKES; TIME WARNER INC., a Delaware Corporation; MICHAEL VARTAN; WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware Corporation; WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware Corporation, doing business as Warner Home Video, Inc.; WARNER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware Corporation; WARNER HOME VIDEO, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 23, 2012.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MEMORANDUM*

Sheri Gilbert appeals the district court's orders dismissing and granting summary judgment to Appellees (collectively the "movie makers"), and awarding them attorney's fees, on her claims of copyright infringement. Gilbert, the author of the screenplay When Mom's the Other Woman ("The Other Woman"), asserts that Appellees, involved in the making of the 2005 movie Monster-in-Law...

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