Rupa Marya v. Warner Chappell Music Inc

Filing 66

NOTICE OF PLAINTIFFS' SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION IN RESPONSE TO COURT'S REQUEST AT OCTOBER 7, 2013 HEARING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS filed by plaintiffs Good Morning to You Productions Corp, Majar Productions LLC, Rupa Marya, Robert Siegel. (Manifold, Betsy)

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8 FRANCIS M. GREGOREK (144785) gregorek@whafh.com BETSY C. MANIFOLD (182450) manifold@whafh.com RACHELE R. RICKERT (190634) rickert@whafh.com MARISA C. LIVESAY (223247) livesay@whafh.com WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP 750 B Street, Suite 2770 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: 619/239-4599 Facsimile: 619/234-4599 9 Interim Lead Class Counsel for Plaintiffs and Proposed Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 [Additional Counsel Appear on Signature Page] 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 WESTERN DIVISION 15 GOOD MORNING TO YOU 16 PRODUCTIONS CORP., et al., 17 18 19 Plaintiffs, v. 20 WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, 21 INC., et al., 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Lead Case No. CV 13-04460-GHK (MRWx) NOTICE OF PLAINTIFFS’ SUBMISSION IN RESPONSE TO THE COURT’S REQUEST AT OCTOBER 7, 2013 HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS Date: October 7, 2013 Time: 9:30 a.m. Room: 650 (Roybal) Judge: Hon. George H. King, Chief Judge 1 2 TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD: 3 At the October 7, 2013-hearing on defendants’ motion to dismiss (the 4 “October 7 Hearing”), the Court directed plaintiffs to make a supplemental 5 submission identifying the specific paragraphs in the Second Amended Class Action 6 Complaint (“SAC”) [ECF No. 59] which set forth their two-step analysis related to 7 the scope and validity of defendants’ claim of copyright to the song “Happy Birthday 8 to You.” Pursuant to the Court’s direction, plaintiffs identify the following SAC 9 paragraphs: 10 7, 58, 59, 60, 62-66, 75-114, and 163-165 (with emphasis on ¶¶ 77, 78, 11 81, 82, 85, 86, 89, 90, 92-95, 98-100, 108, and 109). 12 Although plaintiffs believe that the aforementioned paragraphs adequately 13 support the two-step analysis discussed at the October 7 Hearing, should the Court 14 require further clarification, plaintiffs respectfully request leave to file an amended 15 complaint within two court days following entry of an Order granting same. 16 17 Respectfully submitted. Dated: October 8, 2013 WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 By: /s/Betsy C. Manifold BETSY C. MANIFOLD FRANCIS M. GREGOREK gregorek@whafh.com BETSY C. MANIFOLD manifold@whafh.com RACHELE R. RICKERT rickert@whafh.com MARISA C. LIVESAY livesay@whafh.com 750 B Street, Suite 2770 San Diego, CA 92101 -1- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Telephone: 619/239-4599 Facsimile: 619/234-4599 WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP MARK C. RIFKIN (pro hac vice) rifkin@whafh.com JANINE POLLACK (pro hac vice) pollack@whafh.com BETH A. LANDES (pro hac vice) landes@whafh.com GITI BAGHBAN (284037) baghban@whafh.com 270 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Telephone: 212/545-4600 Facsimile: 212-545-4753 Interim Lead Class Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class RANDALL S. NEWMAN PC RANDALL S. NEWMAN (190547) rsn@randallnewman.net 37 Wall Street, Penthouse D New York, NY 10005 Telephone: 212/797-3737 Facsimile: 212/797-3172 HUNT ORTMANN PALFFY NIEVES DARLING & MAH, INC. KATHERINE J. ODENBREIT (184619) odenbreit@huntortmann.com TINA B. NIEVES (134384) tina@nieves-law.com 301 North Lake Avenue, 7th Floor Pasadena, CA 91101 Telephone: 626/440-5200 Facsimile: 626/796-0107 -2- 1 2 DONAHUE GALLAGHER WOODS LLP WILLIAM R. HILL (114954) rock@donahue.com ANDREW S. MACKAY (197074) andrew@donahue.com DANIEL J. SCHACHT (259717) daniel@donahue.com 1999 Harrison Street, 25th Floor Oakland, CA 94612-3520 Telephone: 510/451-0544 Facsimile: 510/832-1486 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG, LLP LIONEL Z. GLANCY (134180) 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: 310/201-9150 Facsimile: 310/201-9160 info@glancylaw.com 12 13 14 15 16 17 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 WARNER/CHAPPELL:20265 26 27 28 -3-

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