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Entertainment & Sports

Oct. 31, 2012

After ruling on spooky movie, lawyers and creators weigh risks of free speech

Just in time for Halloween, a state appellate court ruled that a movie about the spooky home of the heiress to the Winchester firearms fortune didn't infringe on the trademarks of the real-life tourist attraction in San Jose.


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Just in time for Halloween, the 6th District Court of Appeal last week ruled that a movie about the spooky home of the heiress to the Winchester firearms fortune didn't infringe on the trademarks of the real-life tourist attraction in San Jose.


The justices affirmed a lower court's award of summary judgment on First Amendment and fair-use grounds to Global Asylum Inc., which released "Haunti...

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