The Hollywood Reporter

Updates from the realm of entertainment law

Veteran producer Don Murphy hoped public domain would allow him to make a film based on the beloved sci-fi character, but now he's embroiled in a three-way fight that has broad implications for the future of copyright protection.

Sir Cliff Richard wins more than £210,000 ($273,700) in damages after a BBC reporter got a confidential tip and broke news about a child sex abuse probe. "Breathless sensationalism," writes the judge.

Is the alleged use of stolen technology worth a big cut of more than $1.3 billion in profits for six movies? Watson finds herself in the crosshairs of a potential examination thanks to a hyperbolic comment she made at a press conference in Paris, France.

The network is now fighting a subpoena from Rupert Murdoch's New York Post over a TV series that appears to have been cancelled without any official notice.

"Victims" face an uphill battle: Most of the lawsuits spawned by Borat and Bruno a decade ago were thrown out in their infancy.

In an attempt to dismiss a lawsuit, he's also contending that she waited too long to sue.

The 2nd Circuit denies an immediate appeal in a case that challenges how news organizations used embedded photos of Tom Brady.

The settlement comes in a lawsuit over customers who bought a box set advertising "all" Bond films who didn't get 'Casino Royale' and 'Never Say Never Again.'

Fox argued the case was an attack on free speech, but at a hearing, a judge saw the possibility that a three-minute video about great athletes was commercial speech.

The judge says the former supermodel can't establish actual malice with no access to attorney-client communications.

A deal heads off an Aug. 15 trial that would have examined how the actor's fortune was lost.