Summit Entertainment, LLC v. Topics Entertainment, Inc. (C.D.. Cal. 2010)

On Monday, Summit Entertainment, the producer and distributor of the blockbuster Twilight movies, brought claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement (false designation of origin and dilution), and unfair competition against Topics Entertainment. Summit is the exclusive licensee of a documentary film, Twilight in Forks: The Saga of the Real Town. The documentary covers the relationship between Forks, Washington and the Twilight movies.

Summit alleged that Topics marketed to major retailers a documentary called Forks: Bitten by Twilight that infringed Summit’s  copyright in its movie and video cover, and infringed a number of trademarks associated with the Twilight movie series.