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MGM-Pathé Communications was an American film production company that operated in Los Angeles County, California from 1990 to 1992. The company was founded and controlled by Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti through his purchase and merger of MGM/UA Communications Co. and Pathé Communications (unrelated to the French Pathé studio ).
Subafilms, Ltd. v. MGM-Pathe Communications Co. Case Brief Summary: This case is about whether a movie company can sue others for making and selling copies of their movie, but the copies were made and sold outside of the US.
He then merged it with his Pathé Communications Corporation (formerly The Cannon Group, a distributor that Parretti had renamed before his aborted bid for Pathé; ironically, MGM had previously distributed Cannon product several years prior) to form MGM–Pathe Communications Co.
In 1990, it became MGM-Pathé Communications Co. after Giancarlo Parretti purchased the company and merged it with Pathé Communications (not to be confused with the French studio, which Parretti attempted to buy but failed due to French governmental concerns over his business background). Due to lawsuits, it was sold back to Kerkorian yet ...
Subafilms and Hearst brought suit against MGM/UA, Warner, and various subsidiaries, alleging that the domestic and international distribution of the film on video constituted copyright infringement. The California Superior Court found in favor of Subafilms and Hearst.
Giancarlo Parretti (born 23 October 1941) is an Italian financier. [2] [3] In 1989, he took over Cannon Film Group Inc. from Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Almost immediately, he made plans to take over the storied French studio Pathé, and changed Cannon's name to Pathé Communications.
In Subafilms, Ltd. v. MGM-Pathe Communications Co., the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a mere authorization of infringing acts cannot provide the basis for an infringement claim under the 1976 Copyright Act (the Act) when the acts authorized occur entirely abroad) In so holding, the Ninth Circuit overruled its 198...
