'Twilight' Parody 1st Amendment Claim Doesn't Slay IP Suit

By Brandon Lowrey ( March 16, 2015, 4:50 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge on Monday trimmed Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. subsidiary Summit Entertainment LLC's trademark infringement counterclaim against the producers of "Twilight" parody "Twiharder," but allowed Summit to proceed with copyright infringement and trademark dilution counterclaims, saying the First Amendment doesn't offer parodies unconditional protection....

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