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tonyPick [soylentnews.org] writes:

According to io9 the J.J. Abrams announced that Paramount Pictures’ lawsuit against Axanar Productions was “going away.” [gizmodo.com].

The report comes from a Star Trek event in Los Angeles, at which the trailer for Justin Lin’s new film Star Trek Beyond debuted:

io9 was at the fan event, where Abrams noted that Star Trek Beyond’s director, Justin Lin, was outraged at the legal situation that had arisen.

Axanar is a kickstarter funded fan film [axanarproductions.com] covering events preceding the original Star Trek, and the team responded to the io9 article with cautios optimism

While we’re grateful to receive the public support of JJ Abrams and Justin Lin, as the lawsuit remains pending, we want to make sure we go through all the proper steps to make sure all matters are settled with CBS and Paramount.

Paramount's legal manoeuvrings, and IPR claims, have been covered previously [soylentnews.org] on Soylent [soylentnews.org].

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