Rupa Marya v. Warner Chappell Music Inc

Filing 5

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF OTHER ACTION or Proceeding Pursuant to L.R. 83-1.4, filed by plaintiff Rupa Marya. (ghap) (jp).

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____________ 1 TO __________ THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES OF RECORD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that another action is pending in the United States 3 District for the Southern District of New York (the “Other Action.”) Pursuant to 4 Civil Local Rule (L.R.) 83-1.4, the following information on the Other Action is 5 provided below: 6 Case Case Number 7 Good Morning to You Productions 8 June 13, 2013 Corp. v. Warner/Chappeli Music, 9 Filing Date 1 3-cv-4040-LLS Name Inc. 10 The parties to the Other Action are: 11 Plaintiff: 12 Good Morning To You Productions Corp., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, and 13 14 (S.D.N.Y.) Defendant: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. The names, addresses, and phone numbers of the attorneys in the Other 15 Action are: 16 Plaintiff: RANDALL S. NEWMAN, P.C. WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER 17 Randall S. Newman, Esq. 18 37 Wall Street, Penthouse D Mark C. Rificin, Esq. 19 New York, NY 10005 Janine L. Pollack, Esq. 20 Tel. 212/797-3737 Beth A. Landes, Esq. FREEMAN & HERZ LLP 21 Giti Baghban, Esq. 22 270 Madison Avenue 23 New York, NY 10016 24 Tel: 212/545-4600 25 26 27 Defendant: At the time of submission of this notice, no attorney has appeared for the defense. 28 —1— I 2 3 4 As with this instant action, the Other Action also seeks to declare invalid the copyright that defendant Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. (“defendant”) claims to own to the world’s most popular song, Happy Birthday to You (the “Song”), to declare that Happy Birthday to You is dedicated to public use and in the public domain; and 6 to return millions of dollars of unlawful licensing fees collected by defendant pursuant to its wrongful assertion of copyright ownership of the Song. Therefore, 7 under L.R. 83-1.4.2(e), this action involves all or a material part of the subject 8 matter of the Other Action. 9 Dated: June 19, 2013 5 10 WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP / 1/ 1 r ii K 12 BETSY C MAN1FOLD 13 (1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 II , FRANCIS M. GREGOREK BETSY C. MANIFOLD RACHELE R. RICKERT MARISA C. LIVESAY 750 B Street, Suite 2770 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: 619/239-4599 Facsimile: 619/234-4599 gregorek@whath.com manifold@whafh.com rickert@whath.com livesay@whath.com WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP MARK C. RIFKIN JANINE POLLACK BETH A. LANDES GITIBAGHBAN 270 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 -7- Telephone: 212/545-4600 Facsimile: 212-545-4753 rifkin@whafh.com po1lackwhafh,com landes@whafh corn baghbanwhaffi.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dated June 19, 2013 8 DONAHUE GALLAGHER WOODS LLP DANIEL J. SCHACHT 9 WILLIAM R. HILL (114954) rockdonahuecom ANIYREW S. MACKAY (197074) andrew(2donahue.com DANIEr J. SCHACFIT (259717) danie1donahue.com DONATIUE GALLAGHR WOODS LLP 1999 Harrison Street, 25 Floor Oakland, CA 946 12-3520 Telephone: 510/451-0544 Facsimile: 510/832-1486 10 11 1 13 14 15 16 23 RANDALL S. NEWMAN PC RANDALL S. NEWMAN (SBN 190547) 37 Wall Street, Penthouse D New York, NY 10005 Telephone: 212/797-3737 Facsimile: 212/797-3172 rsn@randa1inewrnan.net 24 Attorneys for Plaintiff Rupa Marya 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 WARNER:19990.notpend -3

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