I'm not sure whether, in all the brouhaha over this lawsuit, anyone has paid much attention to the fan film around which it revolves. "Star Trek: Axanar" is currently in production for a mid-2016 release, and the short film/long trailer, "Prelude to Axanar", is a remarkable piece of work in its own right. Don't let the "fan film" label put you off, either; these are professionally produced works, with a compelling storyline and real actors (some of whom will be familiar to fans of the BSG reboot and/or <i>Star Trek: Enterprise</i>), and their take on the Star Trek universe should be a breath of fresh air for anyone frustrated with either Roddenberry's unrealistically optimistic perspective on humanity's future, or JJ Abrams' "lens flare all the things!" brodown.<p>If you're a Star Trek fan at all, you owe it to yourself to at least give <i>Prelude to Axanar</i> a watch: <a href="https://youtu.be/1W1_8IV8uhA" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/1W1_8IV8uhA</a><p>(And as an old Babylon 5 fan, I'm delighted they included a sly reference to that show in <i>Prelude</i>, too. See if you can catch it!)
What we have here is one of the true great footnotes in legal history:<p><i>"2. Mr. Okrand himself has asserted that the Klingon language, tlhIngan Hol, was received by him from a captured Klingon named Maltz. See Okrand, Marc, The Klingon Dictionary (1985). Thus, Plaintiffs may be estopped from asserting otherwise for the purposes of this litigation. See Arica Inst., Inc. v. Palmer, 970 F.2d 1067, 1075 (2d Cir. 1992) (author who disavowed inventing enneagrams publicly cannot claim invention inconsistently to improve a litigation position)."</i>
See also LCS press release: <a href="http://conlang.org/axanar/" rel="nofollow">http://conlang.org/axanar/</a><p>Disclosure: I founded the LCS, directed our participation as amicus in this case, and am press contact for this issue. Marc Randazza wrote the awesome amicus brief (linked in OP) pro bono.
OK, so if Paramount loses (as I would expect), does this then mean that the lawsuit between Oracle and Google around speaking the language 'Java' gets an interesting precedent?
Is this a standard layout for a legal / court document? The lack of padding, especially on the right side really bothers me while reading for some reason.