FILE - In this June 19, 1970, best-selling author Mario Puzo is shown at Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles. Heirs of Puzo, creator of the fictional Corleone mob family and winner of two Oscars for his screen adaptations of his book "The Godfather,'' and Paramount Pictures faced each other in a New York court Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in a legal dispute over who owns the literary rights to Puzo's characters. (AP Photo)