Plaintiff filed an action for copyright infringement, as well as unjust enrichment and accounting, against defendants. According to plaintiff, defendants infringed her purported interest in a book and two screenplays that together allegedly formed the basis for the 1980 motion picture “Raging Bull.” The court held that plaintiff’s copyright infringement claim was barred by laches and therefore did not reach the merit of the claim itself. The court also held that, because laches was an equitable defense, the court agreed with the district court that laches also barred plaintiff’s unjust enrichment and accounting claims. The court further held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s sanctions and attorney’s fees motions. View “Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., et al.” on Justia Law

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