Gyorgy Fodor v. Time Warner, Inc. Warner Communications Co. Warner Books Inc. Dennis Anderson Warner Bros., Inc.

19 F.3d 27 1994 Copr.L.Dec. P 27,231 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Gyorgy FODOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIME WARNER, INC.; Warner Communications Co.; Warner Books Inc.; Dennis Anderson; Warner Bros., Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 92-56169, 92-56454. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 2, 1994. Decided March 2, 1994. Before: TANG, PREGERSON, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Plaintiff Gyorgy Fodor filed a copyright action contending that defendants Dennis Anderson, Warner Books, Inc., Warner Bros. Inc., Time Warner Inc., and Warner Communications Inc. (collectively, "Warner"), infringed his copyright in a screenplay entitled Stealth by writing and publishing the book Target Stealth. The district court granted summary judgment for Warner after finding that Target Stealth was a prior independent creation. The district court also granted substantial attorney's fees to Warner for Fodor's bad faith denial of…