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

Filing 474

NOTICE by Realnetworks Home Entertainment, Inc.(a Delaware corporation), Realnetworks, Inc. RealNetworks' Opposition to Motion Picture Studio Parties' and DVD CCA's Submission of Changes to Proposed Preliminary Injunction Order (Berta, Michael) (Filed on 9/28/2009)

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

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JAMES A. DiBOISE, State Bar No. 83296 Email: [e-mail] LEO P. CUNNINGHAM, State Bar No. 121605 Email: [e-mail] COLLEEN BAL, State Bar No. 167637 Email: [e-mail] MICHAEL A. BERTA, State Bar No. 194650 Email: [e-mail] TRACY TOSH LANE, State Bar No. 184666 Email: [e-mail] WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation One Market Street Spear Tower, Suite 3300 San Francisco, CA 94105 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. REALNETWORK'S OPPOSITION TO MOTION PICTURE STUDIO PARTIES' AND DVD CCA'S SUBMISSION OF CHANGES TO PROPOSED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER Case Nos. C08 04548 MHP; C08 04719 MHP

AND RELATED CASES

OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED CHANGES C-08-4548 MHP; C08-4719 MHP
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On August 11, 2009, the Court entered its Preliminary Injunction Order ("Order") enjoining Real from, among other things, selling its RealDVD Products to the public. The Order required that Real certify its compliance with the Order within 30 days. Real also had 30 days to file a Notice of Appeal of the Order. Real complied with both of these deadlines, filing a compliance statement and a Notice of Appeal on September 10, 2009. The Order also stated that the Studios and DVD CCA ("Defendants") were permitted to submit a "proposed order for injunctive relief if anything further is sought." Order at p. 56. The Defendants did not do so during the 30 day window. Rather, Defendants have now filed a request for changes to the Court's Order 45 days after it has issued, and after Real has filed both its compliance statement and its notice of appeal of the original Order. Real requests that the Court deny Defendants' submission as untimely. If the requested changes are non-substantive, as Defendants suggest, then they are unnecessary and should be rejected. Changing the Order now works to Real's prejudice especially where Real has already taken an appeal of the actual, original Order. If, instead, Defendants' suggested changes are somehow taken to be substantive, then Defendants' changes should be rejected as too vague to form the basis for injunctive relief because Defendants do not say what requirements these changes place on Real; whether the Court would require Real to file a new statement of compliance; and what further compliance steps might be required of Real. The Defendants state that they do not "seek any further relief than the Court granted in its Order." As that is the case, Real requests that the Court allow the appeal of the existing Order to go forward unhindered and without further modification or delay. Respectfully submitted, Dated: September 28, 2009 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation

By:

/s/ Michael Berta Michael A. Berta

Attorneys for Plaintiffs REALNETWORKS, INC. and REALNETWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED CHANGES C-08-4548 MHP; C08-4719 MHP

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REGINALD D. STEER (SBN 056324) [e-mail] MARIA ELLINIKOS (SBN 235528) [e-mail] AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 580 California, 15th Floor San Francisco, California 94104-1036 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] EDWARD P. LAZARUS (SBN 212658) [e-mail] STEPHEN MICK (SBN 131569) [e-mail] MICHAEL SMALL (SBN 222768) [e-mail] AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 Los Angeles, California 90067-3012 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] WILLIAM SLOAN COATS (SBN 94864) [e-mail] WHITE & CASE LLP 3000 El Camino Real 5 Palo Alto Square, 9th Floor Palo Alto, California 94306 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant DVD COPY CONTROL ASSOCIATION, INC GLENN D. POMERANTZ (SBN 112503) [e-mail] LAWRENCE C. BARTH (SBN 123002) [e-mail] BART H. WILLIAMS (SBN 134009) [e-mail] KELLY M. KLAUS (SBN 161091) [e-mail] MUNGER TOLLES & OLSON LLP 335 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone] ROBERT H. ROTSTEIN (SBN 72452) [e-mail] ERIC J. GERMAN (SBN 224557) [e-mail] MITCHELL, SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP 11377 West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90064-1683 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP., SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC., TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP., NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and VIACOM, INC. JAMES A. DiBOISE (SBN 83296) [e-mail] COLLEEN BAL (SBN 167637) [e-mail] MICHAEL A. BERTA (SBN 194650) [e-mail] TRACY TOSH LANE (SBN 184666) [e-mail] WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI PC One Market Street, Spear Tower, Suite 3300 San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs REALNETWORKS, INC. and REALNETWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT

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