Star Trek Fan Fiction Copyright Decision Stuns Usefulness of Summary Judgment on Substantial Similarity for Plaintiffs in Ninth Circuit
On Stardate Tuesday, January 3, 2017, Judge Klausner of the Central District of California filed the Court’s summary judgment decision in Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Axanar Productions, Inc., Case No. 2:15-CV-09938-RGK-E. The ruling, which denied the parties’ dueling motions, is the most important decision for the fictional universe in which Paramount’s Star Trek properties are