Disturbia

(2007)   Tags: DreamWorks

The Sheldon Abend Revocable Trust v. Spielberg

The Sheldon Abend Revocable Trust brings this action asserting copyright infringement against Defendants, alleging that the motion picture Disturbia – a film produced by Spielberg, owner of DW Studios, LLC, which is in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Corporation and its parent company, Viacom, Inc. – infringed upon Plaintiff’s copyright in the short story Rear Window and upon the derivative Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name.

Judgment: Defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment is granted.  Plaintiff’s claims of copyright infringement, vicarious infringement, and contributory infringement are dismissed.