C4 Pictures claims BET Productions and McCommera Filmworks owe it money for producing three seasons of the "Baldwin Hills" TV show and episodes of a show called "Harlem Heights," in New York County Court.
Fran Brooks, a TV producer, claims Viacom subsidiary BET Network violates his "S.O.B" trademark in commercials, in San Diego Federal Court.
Charly Acquisition says it paid C/F International more than $300,000 to distribute 24 episodes of "The Tom Jones Show" but C/F didn't have the right to distribute them, in Los Angeles Federal Court.
John Green claims City Lights Pictures owes him $70,000 for his work on a film, in New York County Court.
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