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Get Subafilms, Ltd. V. MGM-Pathe Communications Co., 24 F.3d 1088 (1994) (en banc), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, case facts, key issues, and holdings and reasonings online today. Written and curated by real attorneys at Quimbee.
Pathe Communications Corp. Pathe Communications Corporation produces and distributes films and operates mo- tion picture theaters in Europe. In 11/90, the Company acquired MGM/UA Commun- ications ...
Subafilms, Ltd. v. MGM-Pathe Comm. Co., 24 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 1994). Sony Corp. of Am. v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417, 429 (1984). Universal Studios claimed Sony violated Universal's motion picture copyrights by pro-ducing videotape recorders which allowed purchasers to videotape motion pictures which had been shown on television.
MGM-Pathé Communications Co. is a media company and the parent of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Pathé. it is formed in 1987 as MGM/UA Communications Co. after Turner kept the pre-1986 MGM library and the pre-1950 WB library. in 1989, Pathé merged with MGM/UA to form MGM-Pathé Communications Co. to distribute films from MGM and Pathé. in 1992, Pathé lost MGM's steak and as a result, MGM-Pathé Communications Co. is bought by Crédit Lyonnais and changed it's name to MGM/UA Holdings. when ...
2 That question was raised in proceedings between the Japanese company Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (`CKK') and the American corporation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., formerly Pathe Communications Corporation (`MGM'), following MGM's application in Germany in 1986 for registration of the word trade mark `CANNON' to be used in respect of the following goods and services: `films recorded on video tape cassettes (video film cassettes); production, distribution and projection of films for cinemas and ...
Feb 17, 1993 · Decision Date: 17 February 1993: Docket Number: 91-56379 and 91-56289,Nos. 91-56248,MGM-PATHE,s. 91-56248: Citation: 988 F.2d 122: Parties: 1993 Copr.L.Dec. P 27,068 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.
Parretti's shady past, however, raised enough eyebrows in the French government that the deal fell through. It turned out to be a fortunate decision, as Parretti later took over Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and merged it with his Pathé Communications Group to create MGM-Pathé Communications in 1990, only to lose it in bankruptcy in late 1991.
