Sony Prevails Before 9th Circuit In Copyright Dispute Over ‘Elysium’

Mealey's (March 6, 2018, 1:11 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Finding no error in a California federal judge’s determination that a plaintiff failed to establish access by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to an allegedly infringed screenplay, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 1 affirmed summary judgment in favor of the film studio (Steve K. Wilson Briggs v. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., et al., No. 14-17175, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5243)....