Entertainment & Sports Law
Fox Lawyers Tell Movie Studio to Stop Making Knockoffs
Posted Nov 12, 2008, 12:51 pm CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
The studio 20th Century Fox has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a low-budget competitor that is releasing a movie with a similar name and release date to Fox’s own remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Fox is releasing the movie starring Keanu Reaves and Jennifer Connelly in December, the same month the Asylum plans to release The Day the Earth Stopped, Reuters reports. Fox has hired lawyers to pursue the Asylum and appears ready to test whether the knockoff filmmaker is violating trademark or copyright law, the story says.
Asylum is known for its well-timed films with derivative names. Its movies include Snakes on a Train, Street Racer and Transmorphers.
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