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Article: Lifetime Wants 'Runway' Case Moved.(Lifetime Television Network)(Project Runway)
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- October 27, 2008
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by Linda Moss
Lifetime Television wants to make a federal case out of the lawsuit that NBC Universal filed to block Project Runway 's move to the women's network from Bravo.
Lifetime's filing Oct. 17, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, is the latest chapter in the ongoing legal battle over the future of the show, which just finished its fifth season as NBCU-owned Bravo's signature hit reality show.
Lifetime asked that NBCU's breach of contract suit, filed in April against producer The Weinstein Co. in New York State Supreme Court, be moved to the federal court. Lifetime has argued that the case involves copyright ...