A&E Defeats ‘Miss Cleo’ Network’s Copyright, Trademark Lawsuit

A&E Television Networks escaped a copyright and trademark lawsuit Wednesday from the network behind television psychic “Miss Cleo” after a district court on Wednesday said the suit was deficient.

“Unfortunately, the court could not divine the proper outcome of this motion by tarot,” Judge Dale E. Ho said in a footnote. He dismissed the lawsuit brought by Psychic Readers Network Inc. without prejudice.

PRN didn’t put A&E on notice in its complaint since it failed to identify where its three registered copyrighted works were allegedly infringed in A&E’s 2024 biopic about Miss Cleo, Ho said in the US District Court ...