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

Filing 49

MOTION to Relate Case ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED filed by Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, NBC Universal, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Viacom, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 Stipulation)(Lynch, Rebecca) (Filed on 10/20/2008)

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GLENN D. POMERANTZ (SBN 112503) [e-mail] BART H. WILLIAMS (SBN 134009) [e-mail] KELLY M. KLAUS (SBN 161091) [e-mail] MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 355 South Grand Avenue Thirty-Fifth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] ROBERT H. ROTSTEIN (SBN 72452) [e-mail] ERIC J. GERMAN (SBN 224557) [e-mail] BETSY A. ZEDEK (SBN 241653) [e-mail] MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP 11377 West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90064-1683 Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone] GREGORY P. GOECKNER (SBN 103693) [e-mail] DANIEL E. ROBBINS (SBN 156934) [e-mail] 15301 Ventura Boulevard, Building E Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3102 Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP., SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC., TWENTIETH ,CENTURY FOX FILM CORP., NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC., AND VIACOM, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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REALNETWORKS, INC., a Washington Corporation; and REALNETWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs,

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DVD COPY CONTROL ASSOCIATION, INC., a Delaware nonprofit corporation, DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation; PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP., a Delaware corporation; SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation; TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP., a Delaware corporation; NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., a Delaware corporation; WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation; and VIACOM, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants.

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STIPULATION
This Stipulation is made with reference to the following facts: WHEREAS, on September 30, 2008, Plaintiffs and Counterclaim-defendants Real Networks, Inc. and Real Networks Home Entertainment, Inc. (collectively, "Real") filed the above-captioned action (hereinafter, "Declaratory Relief Suit") against Defendants DVD CCA, Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., NBC Universal, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. and Viacom, Inc., seeking a declaratory judgment that, in marketing and selling its RealDVD product, Real did not breach the CSS License Agreement between it and the DVD CCA and did not violate the anticircumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 1201 ("DMCA"); WHEREAS, that same morning, Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs Paramount Pictures Corp., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (collectively, "the Studios") (along with Universal City Studios Productions LLLP, Universal City Studios LLLP, Walt Disney Pictures, Sony Pictures Television Inc., and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.) filed a case in the Central District of California (hereinafter, the "Affirmative Suit"), alleging that, in marketing and selling its RealDVD product, Real breached the CSS License Agreement and violated the anticircumvention measures of the DMCA; WHEREAS, on October 14, 2008, the Affirmative Suit was formally transferred to the Northern District of California and assigned case number C 08-04719 CRB; WHEREAS, the Declaratory Relief Suit that is currently pending before this Court involves substantially the same parties and claims as those in the Affirmative Suit, and it is highly likely that it will be unduly burdensome to duplicate the proceedings before two different judges; WHEREAS, there is also an extremely high risk of conflicting results if two judges reach independent conclusions on essentially the same claims regarding the same product; IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY THE PARTIES, by and through their undersigned counsel of record, and the parties jointly request, that the Affirmative Suit be related to and consolidated with the Declaratory Relief Suit currently pending before this Court.
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DATED: October 20, 2008

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP GREGORYP.GOECKNER DANIEL E. ROBBINS

lsi Rebecca Gose Lynch REBECCA GOSE LYNCH

Attorneys for Defendants DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP., SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC., TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP., NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC., AND VIACOM, INC.

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DATED: October 20, 2008

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & rOSATI By:

lsi Michael Berta MICHAEL BERTA

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants

DATED: October 20, 2008

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP WHITE & CASE LLP By:

lsi Stephen Mick STEPHEN MICK

Attorneys for Defendant DVD COPY CONTROL ASSOCIAnON

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