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settlement_conference [2016/11/16 12:56] – updates w/ Nov. 14 lack of civil minutes; summary judgment deadline Carlos Pedrazasettlement_conference [2016/11/16 17:16] – [Axanar Settlement Talks Fizzle, Seeking Summary Judgment] Adds see also link Carlos Pedraza
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-====== Peters: Settlement Depends on Satisfying 'Axanar' Fans ======+====== Axanar Settlement Talks Fizzle, Seeking Summary Judgment ======
  
-//**Did Monday Meeting Happen? Deadline Looms for Submitting Summary Judgment Motions**//+//**Axanar Surrogate Reveals Defense Plans to File Motion**//
  
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-<wrap em>UPDATED</wrap> The court didn't file minutes from the scheduled November 14 settlement conference call in the Axanar copyright case, raising questions about whether the meeting even happened, and if it's related to the November 16 deadline for submitting motions for [[summary judgment]].+<wrap lo>//See also: [[summary_judgment|Motions for Summary Judgment]]//</wrap>
  
-The November 14 call was to have been the fourth court-mandated settlement conference between lawyers for Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] and the two studios that own the Star Trek copyrights Peters is accused of having infringed upon.+<wrap em>UPDATED</wrap> Axanar and the studios suing it for infringing on Star Trek's copyrights were unable to reach a settlement before the November 16 cut-off for submitting motions for [[summary judgment]]. 
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 +It became clear the defense planned to submit such a motion, which asks a judge to rule on the case on the merits, avoiding a time and expense of a jury trial. 
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 +That news came from the Fan Film Factor blog, written by Axanar surrogate Jonathan Lane, in which he revealed the defense would seek summary judgment from federal [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]].(([[http://fanfilmfactor.com/2016/11/16/confirmed-axanar-defense-team-will-file-a-motion-for-summary-judgement-later-today/|"Confirmed: Axanar Defense Team Will File a Motion for Summary Judgment Later Today," Fan Film Factor]] blog, Jonathan Lane, 11/16/16.)) 
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 +A settlement didn't appear imminent after a federal magistrate failed to file minutes from a November 14 settlement conference call that was to have taken place. That raised questions about whether the meeting even happened, and if was related to the deadline for filing motions. 
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 +The call two days before the deadline would have been the fourth court-mandated settlement conference between lawyers for Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] and Star Trek's owners, [[CBS]] and [[paramount_pictures|Paramount Pictures]].
  
 After the first meeting, Peters appeared to make non-negotiable a demand that eventual settlement terms had to offer him the opportunity to satisfy donors by producing some form of //Axanar//. After the first meeting, Peters appeared to make non-negotiable a demand that eventual settlement terms had to offer him the opportunity to satisfy donors by producing some form of //Axanar//.
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 ===== Settlement Conference ===== ===== Settlement Conference =====
  
-Federal district [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]] directed both sides to work with Eick to explore a settlement in order to avoid the time and expense of moving to trial. The conference is meant to create space for informal discussions between the attorneys, parties, applicable insurance companies and the settlement judge, about any aspect of the lawsuit bearing on its settlement value.+In May, federal district [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Klausner]] directed both sides to work with Eick to explore resolving the case before moving to trial. The conference was meant to create space for informal discussions between the attorneys, parties, applicable insurance companies and the settlement judge, about any aspect of the lawsuit bearing on its settlement value.
  
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