MOVIES - Feb. 11, 1987

Walt Disney Productions and Filmation Associates settled a copyright-infringement suit over Filmation’s plans to produce and distribute “The New Adventures of Pinocchio,” several lawyers reported. The two firms were to go to trial Feb. 17 on Disney’s claim that Filmation’s characters were based on Disney’s 1940 cartoon classic, “Pinocchio.” Lawyers for both sides appeared Monday before U.S. District Judge Alicemarie Stotler in Los Angeles to announce the suit had been settled. A lawyer for Filmation said it still plans to release “The New Adventures of Pinocchio.”