MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. et al

Filing 119

MOTION to Stay re the Court's permanent injunction pending disposition of MDY's Motion for Reconsideration by MDY Industries, LLC, Michael Donnelly. (Venable, Lance)

LAW OFFICES OF

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VENABLE, CAMPILLO, LOGAN & MEANEY, P.C.
1938 EAST OSBORN ROAD PHOENI X, ARIZONA 85016 TELEPHONE [phone] FACSIMILE [phone] E-MAIL DOCKETING@VCLMLAW .COM

Lance C. Venable (AZ Bar No 017074) 4 Joseph R. Meaney (AZ Bar No. 017371) Attorneys for Plaintiff MDY Industries, LLC 5 and Third-Party Defendant Michael Donnelly
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA MDY INDUSTRIES, LLC, Plaintiff and Counterdefendant, vs. BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and VIVENDI GAMES, INC., Defendants and Counterclaimants, Request to Stay Permanent Injunction Pending Disposition of MDY's Motion For Reconsideration (Expedited ruling requested) The Honorable David G. Campbell BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and VIVENDI GAMES, INC., Third-Party Plaintiffs, vs. MICHAEL DONNELLY, an individual Third-Party Defendant. Case No.: CV06-02555-PHX-DGC

MDY Industries, LLC and Michael Donnelly (collectively, MDY) request a temporary stay of the Court's Permanent Injunction pending the disposition of MDY's Motion for Reconsideration.1 Under the Court's Order and Permanent Injunction, all sales and support of Glider stopped as of March 12 -- twelve business days ago.
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See, e.g., Fed. R. Civ. P. 62(b). 1

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As the Court recognized in its Order, "the quantifiable injury to Blizzard from staying the injunction will thus amount to less than one-tenth of one percent of its monthly revenue." 2 The damage to MDY, on the other hand, will likely be unrecoverable.3 With each passing day, more and more Glider customers will move to other bot programs ­ likely offshore ­ and will have no reason to come back to Glider, thereby likely putting MDY out of business. Hence, the hardships that MDY and Donnelly will suffer while their Motion to Reconsider is pending substantially outweigh the hardships that Blizzard may suffer if the injunction is stayed pending the motion.4 Therefore, MDY respectfully requests that the Court stay its permanent injunction for the tortious interference claim against MDY pending its decision on MDY's Motion to Reconsider. Respectfully submitted on March 24, 2009. Venable, Campillo, Logan & Meaney, P.C. By /s/Lance C. Venable Lance C. Venable SBN 017074 Joseph R. Meaney SBN 017371 1938 East Osborn Road Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-Mail [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff MDY Industries, LLC and Third-Party Defendant Donnelly

Order, Dkt. 116 at 4-5. MDY notes that the Court inadvertently stated that Blizzard "makes approximately $1,500,000 per month from WoW." As MDY stated on page 7 of its brief to the Court regarding permanent injunctive relief, Blizzard actually makes over $150,000,000 per month. Thus, Blizzard's actual alleged damage due to Glider based upon a monthly cost of $83,000 to Blizzard is less than 0.05% of Blizzard's monthly income. 3 See, id. 4 See id, at 5. 2

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on March 24, 2009, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Name Christian Genetski, Esq. Scott Jeremy Stein, Esq. Shane McGee, Esq. Email Address [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]

I hereby certify that on __________________, I served the attached document by FIRST CLASS MAIL on the following, who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF System: Name Physical or Email Address

s/ Lance C. Venable

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