PRICE v. FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

No. 05 Civ.5259 SAS.

473 F.Supp.2d 446 (2007)

David PRICE and Ernando Ashoka Thomas, Plaintiffs, v. FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., Fox Filmed Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., Red Hour Films, and Rawson Thurber, Defendants. Gregory James Gaugel and YNOT Visions, A Partnership, Intervening-Plaintiffs, v. David Price and Ernando Ashoka Thomas, Plaintiffs, Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., Red Hour Films, and Rawson Thurber, Defendants.

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

January 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Robert Cohen, Neal Howard Klausner, Shirin Keen, Davis & Gilbert LLP, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Robert H. Rotstein, Lisa E. Stone, Gregory R. Jones, McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Christine A. Pepe, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York City, for Defendants.

Leslie Hahn Ben-Zvi, Queller, Fisher, Dienst, Serrins, Washor & Kool, New York City, for Intervening-Plaintiffs.


OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

This litigation involves two movies about a dodgeball competition in which a team of misfits or underdogs are pitted against a stronger team of bullies. Plaintiffs allege that defendants infringed the copyright of their 2001 screenplay Dodgeball: The Movie through production and distribution of Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, a movie...

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