Paramount wins major legal victory over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ copyright claims from writer’s family
A federal appeals court on Friday tossed a copyright lawsuit claiming Tom Cruise’s 2022 hit sequel "Top Gun: Maverick" improperly used material from a magazine article that inspired the original 1986 film.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled that "Top Gun: Maverick" was not similar enough to Ehud Yonay's 1983 article "Top Guns," about the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, for Paramount to have breached its […]