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To RCJ Court 52 once again this morning, where Lucasfilm v Ainsworth is now stretching to Dickensian lengths. To be fair, every civil action that goes into a second week will sooner or later be touted as the new Jarndyce v Jarndyce, but that Imperial Stormtrooper has been standing in court for a good fortnight now.
( Another hack through the legal thickets )
So, who's winning? I've had to dip in and out, but it does sound as if Mr Ainsworth may have made good progress with the argument that the helmets were an industrial design rather than copyright items of artwork. But what was really notable was the admission that Lucasfilm, having dragged him to court with the Damoclesian sword of a $10M court judgment hanging over him, today seemed to say "of course, we wouldn't actually try to bankrupt the poor chap." I got the definite feeling that Mr Justice Mann was not at all impressed at this approach to resolving the underlying dispute, and it may well be that his eventual judgment will say something about it. How soon we see that judgment I can't say - the case seems set to run at least another couple of days, and given the amount of evidence presented and the complexity of some of the legal issues, I expect that judgment will be reserved, quite possibly for weeks or months. If I'm around when it's given though, I'll try to be in court to hear it.
( Another hack through the legal thickets )
So, who's winning? I've had to dip in and out, but it does sound as if Mr Ainsworth may have made good progress with the argument that the helmets were an industrial design rather than copyright items of artwork. But what was really notable was the admission that Lucasfilm, having dragged him to court with the Damoclesian sword of a $10M court judgment hanging over him, today seemed to say "of course, we wouldn't actually try to bankrupt the poor chap." I got the definite feeling that Mr Justice Mann was not at all impressed at this approach to resolving the underlying dispute, and it may well be that his eventual judgment will say something about it. How soon we see that judgment I can't say - the case seems set to run at least another couple of days, and given the amount of evidence presented and the complexity of some of the legal issues, I expect that judgment will be reserved, quite possibly for weeks or months. If I'm around when it's given though, I'll try to be in court to hear it.
