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settlement_conference [2016/11/14 02:03] – [Peters: Settlement Depends on Satisfying 'Axanar' Fans] adds summary judgment link Carlos Pedrazasettlement_conference [Unknown date] (current) – external edit (Unknown date) 127.0.0.1
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-====== Peters: Settlement Depends on Satisfying 'Axanar' Fans ======+====== Axanar Settlement Talks Fizzle, Seeking Summary Judgment ======
  
-//**Next Meeting Scheduled Two Days Shy of Summary Judgment Motion Deadline**//+//**Axanar Surrogate Reveals Defense Plans to File Motion**//
  
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-<wrap em>UPDATED</wrap> The third settlement conference in the Axanar copyright case with a federal magistrate concluded November 10, 2016, without resolution but with another phone meeting scheduled November 14 — just two days before motions are due for [[summary judgment]].+<wrap lo>//See also: [[summary_judgment|Motions for Summary Judgment]]//</wrap>
  
-Negotiations continued even after a statement by producer [[Alec Peters]] that appeared to make non-negotiable settlement terms that any resolution must offer donors that some satisfactory form of //Axanar// would eventually be produced.+<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]]. 
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 +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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-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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