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MGM Prevails In 'Bond' Suit.


A three-judge panel ruled that an Irish man who helped create the James James, person in the Bible
James, in the Gospel of St. Luke, kinsman of St. Jude. The original does not specify the relationship.
James, rivers, United States
James.
 Bond character waited too long to exercise his rights and failed to establish that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and film producer Danjac infringed his copyright.

The decision ends a 4-year-old suit by Kevin McClory, who collaborated with Ian Fleming FlemĀ·ing , Sir Alexander 1881-1955.

British bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for this achievement.
 on a screenplay screenplay

Written text that provides the basis for a film production. Screenplays usually include not only the dialogue spoken by the characters but also a shot-by-shot outline of the film's action.
 in the late 1950s and sold the Bond rights to Sony, which wanted to produce its own series of Bond films.

MGM MGM
 in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925.
 paid Sony $10 million two years ago to end the dispute between the studios.
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Title Annotation:Legal Beat; Copyright lawsuit over James Bond
Comment:MGM Prevails In 'Bond' Suit.(Copyright lawsuit over James Bond)(Legal Beat)
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 3, 2001
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