Would that grant the studios the right to attach assets immediately to assure their costs are met?
If Judge Klausner grants partial summary judgment along the terms of the studios' proposed order, the only immediate relief would be injunctive--i.e., LFIM would be legally ordered to stop infringing copyrights. There may also be an order for costs. But as
@jespah said, any damages would have to be determined separately, possibly by a jury.
PS. Just for clarification, here is the exact text of C/P's proposed order with respect to partial summary judgment:
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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that partial summary judgment is entered in favor
of Plaintiffs Paramount Pictures Corporation and CBS Studios Inc. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) in the above-captioned action, and Defendants Axanar Productions, Inc. and Alec Peters (collectively, “Defendants”) are liable for copyright infringement, and for contributory copyright and vicarious copyright infringement.
The Court also declares that Defendants’ works
Prelude to Axanar, Axanar, and the script for
Axanar (collectively, the “Axanar Works”) infringe upon Plaintiffs’ Star Trek Copyrighted Works.
The Court finds that this is a proper case for issuance of a permanent injunction because: (1) the continued production and distribution of the Axanar Works would cause irreparable harm to the market for the Star Trek Copyrighted Works, (2) a legal remedy is inadequate, (3) if an injunction is not granted, Plaintiffs will be harmed because Defendants will continue to create works that infringe Plaintiffs’ copyrights in the Star Trek Copyrighted Works, and (4) the public interest would be served with a permanent injunction because it would protect Plaintiffs’ copyrights in the Star Trek Copyrighted Works against increased infringement.
The Court orders that Defendants, their agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, and all persons, firms, and corporations acting in concert with them, are hereby restrained and enjoined from directly or indirectly infringing the copyrights in the Star Trek Copyrighted Works, including but not limited to continuing to distribute, market, advertise, promote, produce, sell, or offer for sale the Axanar Works or any works derived or copied from the Star Trek Copyrighted Works, and from participating or assisting in any such activity.
Plaintiffs shall recover costs from Defendants.
