'Twilight' Lawsuit - That's Our Moonlit Forest!

TMZ / 8th Feb 2010

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Twilight : Find a successful movie and TMZ will find a corresponding lawsuit alleging a shameless ripoff.

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Case in point - " Twilight ." Summit Entertainment , which owns the trademark to the stylized Twilight trademark, is suing a company that is selling a "Twilight" DVD.

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Here's the short story. Summit is releasing a "Twilight" Documentary on DVD next month to correspond with the DVD release of " New Moon ." The Documentary cover features the title, " Twilight in Forks: The Saga of the Real Town ,"....

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