Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

ORDER RE: (1) MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION; (2) MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Based on the papers submitted and the brief arguments presented at the March 13, 1995 hearing, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and DENIES Defendants’ motion for summary judgment for the reasons set forth below. Plain tiffs are ORDERED to post a bond in the amount of $6,000,000 for this preliminary injunction to issue.

The Court ORDERS that Defendants, their agents, employees, representatives, and all others purporting to work, or working, on their behalf, be, and by this order are, enjoined from continuing to infringe on Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works by displaying or exhibiting in any manner, or causing to be displayed or exhibited in any manner, the Honda del Sol commercial which is the subject of this action, in any medium, including network or cable television or movie theaters.

I. Introduction

This case arises out of Plaintiffs Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s and Danjaq’s claim that Defendants American Honda Motor Co. and its advertising agency Rubin Postaer and Associates, violated Plaintiffs’ “copyrights to sixteen James Bond films and the exclusive intellectual…