Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
E1411426
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Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp. is a U.S. copyright and contract law case concerning the rights to the story underlying the film "Top Gun" and the ability of the original author’s heirs to reclaim those rights from the studio.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20104772 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp. Context triple: [Ehud Yonay, subjectOf, Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp.]
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A.
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court copyright case that held the equitable doctrine of laches cannot bar claims for damages brought within the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations.
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B.
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. was a landmark 1948 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust decision that broke up the Hollywood studio system by ending vertical integration of film production, distribution, and exhibition.
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C.
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures was a landmark California legal case that addressed whether a celebrity’s right of publicity could be inherited and controlled by their heirs after death.
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D.
United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc.
United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. was a landmark U.S. antitrust Supreme Court case addressing monopolistic practices in the movie theater industry.
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E.
New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship
The New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship was an early 20th-century American organization that reviewed and regulated films for content before evolving into the National Board of Review.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp. Target entity description: Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp. is a U.S. copyright and contract law case concerning the rights to the story underlying the film "Top Gun" and the ability of the original author’s heirs to reclaim those rights from the studio.
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A.
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court copyright case that held the equitable doctrine of laches cannot bar claims for damages brought within the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations.
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B.
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. was a landmark 1948 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust decision that broke up the Hollywood studio system by ending vertical integration of film production, distribution, and exhibition.
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C.
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures was a landmark California legal case that addressed whether a celebrity’s right of publicity could be inherited and controlled by their heirs after death.
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D.
United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc.
United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. was a landmark U.S. antitrust Supreme Court case addressing monopolistic practices in the movie theater industry.
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E.
New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship
The New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship was an early 20th-century American organization that reviewed and regulated films for content before evolving into the National Board of Review.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.