Realnetworks, Inc. et al v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. et al

Filing 240

Witness List by Realnetworks, Inc., Realnetworks Home Entertainment, Inc. for Preliminary Injunction Proceeding. (Berta, Michael) (Filed on 3/31/2009)

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Realnetworks, Inc. et al v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. et al Doc. 240 Case3:08-cv-04548-MHP Document240 Filed03/31/09 Page1 of 5 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 JAMES A. DiBOISE, State Bar No. 83296 Email: jdiboise@wsgr.com LEO CUNNINGHAM, State Bar No. 121605 Email: lcunningham@wsgr.com COLLEEN BAL, State Bar No. 167637 Email: cbal@wsgr.com MICHAEL A. BERTA, State Bar No. 194650 Email: mberta@wsgr.com TRACY TOSH LANE, State Bar No. 184666 Email: ttosh@wsgr.com WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation One Market St., Spear Tower, Suite 3300 San Francisco, CA 94105 Bus: (415) 947-2000 Fax: (415) 947-2099 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants REALNETWORKS, INC. and REALNETWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA REALNETWORKS, INC., a Washington ) Corporation; and REALNETWORKS HOME ) ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) DVD COPY CONTROL ASSOCIATION, INC., a ) Delaware nonprofit corporation, DISNEY ) ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation; ) ) PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP., a Delaware ) corporation; SONY PICTURES ENTER., INC., a ) Delaware corporation; TWENTIETH CENTURY ) FOX FILM CORP., a Delaware corporation; NBC ) UNIVERSAL, INC., a Delaware corporation; ) WARNER BROS. ENTER. INC., a Delaware ) corporation; and VIACOM, Inc., a Delaware ) Corporation, ) Defendants. ) ) ) AND RELATED CASES ) ) Case Nos. C08 04548 MHP; C08 04719 MHP REALNETWORKS, INC. AND REALNETWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC.'S WITNESS DISCLOSURE FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PROCEEDING Date: Time: Dept: April 24, 2009 9:00 a.m. 15 REALNETWORKS' WITNESS DISCLOSURE CASE NOS. C08 -4548 MHP & C08 04719 MHP 3642606_1.DOC Dockets.Justia.com Case3:08-cv-04548-MHP Document240 Filed03/31/09 Page2 of 5 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 On March 23, 2009, the Court ordered the parties to disclose a list of witnesses that they intend to call at the hearing of Defendants' preliminary injunction motions, along with a brief synopsis of the testimony that each witness would offer. Defendants' witness disclosures (as the moving parties) were due March 26, 2009, and Real's witness disclosure is due March 31, 2009. Although the Studio Defendants stated unequivocally on March 23 that they intended to call "a number of witnesses who we think will appear only in the form of their deposition testimony" (See Transcript 19:12-14), the only witnesses disclosed by the Defendants on March 26 were witnesses that they "may call" to "testify in person." 1 Defendants' refusal to identify all of their witnesses has impaired Real's ability to prepare its witness list. Thus, although Real hereby identifies the witnesses that it intends to call live or by deposition testimony, as well as witnesses that it may call live, Real reserves all rights with respect to witnesses not identified by the Defendants in their disclosures--including the right to move to strike or preclude the testimony of unidentified witnesses. I. WITNESSES REAL INTENDS CALL BY LIVE TESTIMONY Rob Glaser ­ Mr. Glaser is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive of Real. Mr. Glaser will testify about the conception and development of the RealDVD products, including the efforts that were undertaken to ensure that the products complied with Real's CSS License. Mr. Glaser will also testify about the features and security offered by the RealDVD products, and the intended uses and expected end-users of those products. Mr. Glaser will also testify about the harm to Real that would result from a preliminary injunction against the RealDVD products. Finally, Mr. Glaser will testify about Real's efforts to address Studio concerns regarding RealDVD prior to release of the product. Elizabeth Coppinger ­ Ms. Coppinger is the Vice President of Video Services at Real. Ms. Coppinger will testify about the features of the RealDVD products, the marketing efforts related to those products, and the intended uses and expected end-users of those products. Ms. Defendants have indicated that they "may" call the witnesses identified on their witness lists. If Defendants ultimately determine not to call the witnesses identified on their witness lists, Real reserves the right to call such witnesses at the preliminary injunction hearing. REALNETWORKS' WITNESS DISCLOSURE CASE NOS. C08 -4548 MHP & C08 04719 MH 1 -1- 3642606_1.DOC Case3:08-cv-04548-MHP Document240 Filed03/31/09 Page3 of 5 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 Coppinger will also testify about the market for digital video content. Ms. Coppinger will also testify about the harm to Real that would result from a preliminary injunction against the RealDVD products. Finally, Ms. Coppinger will testify about Real's efforts to address Studio concerns regarding RealDVD prior to release of the product. Matthew Bishop ­ Mr. Bishop is a professor of computer science in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California at Davis. He has been retained as an expert by Real. Mr. Bishop will testify about the technical operation of the RealDVD products, and their compliance with the CSS License and related technical documentation. Mr. Bishop will also testify about ARccOS and RipGuard, and the claims in this case relating to those technologies. Douglas Dixon - Mr. Dixon is an independent technology consultant, writer, and speaker specializing in digital media. He has been retained as an expert by Real. Mr. Dixon will testify about the technical operation of the RealDVD products, and their compliance with the CSS License and related technical documentation. Mr. Dixon will also testify about ARccOS and RipGuard, and the claims in this case relating to those technologies. II. WITNESSES REAL MAY CALL BY LIVE TESTIMONY Jeffrey Chasen ­ Mr. Chasen is a Vice President for Video Product Development for Real and the current manager of the engineering team responsible for developing the RealDVD/Vegas product. If called, Mr. Chasen will testify about the development of the RealDVD/Vegas product, the features of that product, its compliance with the CSS License Agreement and related technical documentation, and how it functions in response to errors, in light of the Studios' claims regarding ARccOS and RipGuard. Jeffrey Buzzard - Mr. Buzzard is a Software Engineer at Real who participated in the development of the RealDVD/Vegas product. If called, Mr. Buzzard will testify about the development of the RealDVD/Vegas product, the features of that product, its compliance with the CSS License Agreement and related technical documentation, and how it functions in response to errors, in light of the Studios' claims regarding ARccOS and RipGuard. James Bielman - Mr. Bielman is a Software Engineer at Real who participated in the development of the RealDVD/Facet product. Mr. Bielman will testify about the development of REALNETWORKS' WITNESS DISCLOSURE CASE NOS. C08 -4548 MHP & C08 04719 MH --2 3642606_1.DOC Case3:08-cv-04548-MHP Document240 Filed03/31/09 Page4 of 5 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 the RealDVD/Facet product, the features of that product, its compliance with the CSS License Agreement and related technical documentation, and how it functions in response to errors, in light of the Studios' claims regarding ARccOS and RipGuard. James Brennan - Mr. Brennan is a Software Engineer at Real and a development manager for the RealDVD/Facet product. Mr. Brennan will testify about the development of the RealDVD/Facet product, the features of that product, its compliance with the CSS License Agreement and related documentation, and how it functions in response to errors, in light of the Studios' claims regarding ARccOS and RipGuard. III. WITNESSES REAL INTENDS TO CALL BY DEPOSITION Michael Dunn - Real understands that Mr. Dunn is the President of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC. Real will offer deposition testimony by Mr. Dunn regarding Fox's theories of harm in this case and Fox's position regarding a consumer's fair use right to make a back-up copy of a DVD. Jacob Pak ­ Real understands that Mr. Pak is the President of the DVD CCA. Real will offer deposition testimony by Mr. Pak regarding the nature of the CSS License Agreement, the DVD CCA's licensing practices, and the DVD CCA's theories of harm in this case. Real will also offer deposition testimony by Mr. Pak regarding the effectiveness of CSS technology. Thomas Gewecke ­ Real understands that Mr. Gewecke is the President of Digital Distribution at Warner Brothers. Real will offer deposition testimony by Mr. Gewecke regarding Warner Brothers' theories of harm in this case. Mitchell Singer ­ Real understands that Mr. Singer is the Executive Vice President of New Media and Technology, and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Real will offer deposition testimony by Mr. Singer regarding technology that would allow rental DVDs to be differentiated from DVDs purchased by consumers, the nature of the CSS License Agreement and Sony's knowledge and involvement with efforts to amend the CSS License agreement, and Sony's theories of harm. REALNETWORKS' WITNESS DISCLOSURE CASE NOS. C08 -4548 MHP & C08 04719 MH --3 3642606_1.DOC Case3:08-cv-04548-MHP Document240 Filed03/31/09 Page5 of 5 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 Jeffrey Miller ­ Real understands that Mr. Miller is President of Worldwide Post Production and Operations at Walt Disney Studios. Real will offer deposition testimony by Mr. Miller regarding the effectiveness of CSS technology and Disney's use of RipGuard. Aodan Coburn ­ Real understands that Mr. Coburn is an Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Real will offer deposition testimony by Mr. Coburn on the following topics: the prevalence and use of ARccOS on Sony's DVD's, known compatibility problems created by ARccOS and RipGuard on DVDs, and Sony's differentiation of rental versus purchased DVDs. Dated: March 31, 2009 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation By: /s/ Michael A. Berta Attorneys for Plaintiffs REALNETWORKS, INC. and REALNETWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC. REALNETWORKS' WITNESS DISCLOSURE CASE NOS. C08 -4548 MHP & C08 04719 MH --4 3642606_1.DOC

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