Sweetpea Entertainment has filed a motion for summary judgment, asking the judge to toss Wizards of the Coast’s suit over the Dungeons & Dragons movie (see “WotC Sues”). WotC sued in May, asking that Sweetpea be prevented from proceeding with a D&D movie at Warners, which conflicts with WotC’s plans for a D&D movie at Universal (see “Dueling ‘D&D’ Movies”).
Sweetpea produced the 2000 D&D feature and the recent Book of Vile Darkness TV movie for Syfy (see “‘D&D’ Feature for Syfy”).
In its motion, Sweetpea makes the argument that it is still the licensee with rights to D&D, that it has not infringed on any trademarks and copyrights because nothing’s been made or distributed, that Hasbro/WotC can’t identify what copyrights are allegedly being infringed, and that Hasbro/WotC did not provide Sweetpea with notice and an opportunity to cure before terminating its license, as required by the contract.
Motion for Summary Judgment
Posted by ICv2 on June 24, 2013 @ 12:39 am CT