Andersen et al v. Stability AI Ltd. et al

Filing 39

STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER Regarding DeviantArt Inc.'s Deadline to Respond to Complaint and Related Briefing Schedule filed by Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, Karla Ortiz, DeviantArt, Inc. (Saveri, Joseph) (Filed on 2/8/2023) Modified on 2/8/2023 (cjl, COURT STAFF).

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Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064)
Cadio Zirpoli (State Bar No. 179108)
Christopher K.L. Young (State Bar No. 318371)
Elissa A. Buchanan (State Bar No. 249996)
Travis Manfredi (State Bar No. 281779)
JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP
601 California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, California 94108
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Matthew Butterick (State Bar No. 250953)
1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
Counsel for Individual and Representative
Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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Case No. 3:23-cv-00201-WHO

ANDERSEN, et al.,
Individual and Representative Plaintiffs,
v.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING DEVIANTART,
INC.’S DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO
COMPLAINT AND RELATED BRIEFING
SCHEDULE

STABILITY AI LTD., et al.,
Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEVIANTART INC.’S DEADLINE TO RESPOND
TO COMPLAINT

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WHEREAS, on January 13, 2023, Plaintiffs Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla

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Ortiz (“Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint (ECF No. 1) (the “Complaint”) against Defendants

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Stability AI Ltd. and Stability AI, Inc. (collectively, “Stability AI”); Midjourney, Inc.

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(“Midjourney”); and DeviantArt, Inc. (“DeviantArt”) (all collectively, “Defendants”) in

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Andersen, et al. v. Stability AI Ltd., et al., No. 3:23-cv-00201-WHO (N.D. Cal.) (the “Action”);

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs caused the Action to be served on DeviantArt on January 18,
2023;
WHEREAS, DeviantArt has not filed an answer or otherwise responded to the
Complaint in the Action;

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WHEREAS, DeviantArt’s response to the Complaint is currently due February 8, 2023;

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WHEREAS, on February 3, 2023, Plaintiffs and Stability AI and Midjourney stipulated

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to an amended briefing schedule wherein the parties agreed to the following briefing deadlines:

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Stability AI and Midjourney’s deadlines to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint shall

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be April 18, 2023; Plaintiffs’ deadline to file an opposition to any motions filed by Stability AI

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and/or Midjourney in response to the Complaint shall be June 2, 2023; Stability AI and

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Midjourney’s deadlines to file a reply in support of any pleading motions shall be July 3, 2023

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(ECF No. 28).

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WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs have conferred with counsel for DeviantArt and

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agreed that both public and private interests will be served by aligning Defendants’ deadline to

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respond to the Complaint and briefing schedule for any related motion(s);

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WHEREAS, DeviantArt does not waive, and expressly reserves, all available defenses;

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WHEREAS, to the parties’ knowledge, no related actions have been filed in the United

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States against DeviantArt; and

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WHEREAS, DeviantArt has agreed that, if a related complaint is filed against it, that

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entity will not respond to that complaint prior to responding to the Complaint in this Action.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEVIANTART INC.’S DEADLINE TO
RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

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NOW THEREFORE, the parties, through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate
and agree, that, subject to the approval of the Court:
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The deadline for DeviantArt to respond to the Complaint shall be extended to
April 18, 2023.

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Plaintiffs’ opposition to any motion(s) filed by DeviantArt in response to the
Complaint shall be due on June 2, 2023.

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Any reply in support of any such motion(s) shall be due on July 3, 2023.

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If DeviantArt is served with any subsequently filed lawsuit in any Federal or state

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court in the United States regarding Stable Diffusion, DreamStudio, DreamUp, or

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any other AI Image Products (as defined in the Complaint) or a lawsuit that is

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otherwise related to this action, it agrees that it will respond to the Complaint in

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this action prior to responding to any complaint filed in any such lawsuit, which

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shall be on or before April 18, 2023.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS SO

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ORDERED.

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Dated: ___________, 2023
Honorable William H. Orrick
United States District Judge

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEVIANTART INC.’S DEADLINE TO
RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

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Dated: February 8, 2023

By:

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Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064)
Cadio Zirpoli (State Bar No. 179108)
Christopher K.L. Young (State Bar No. 318371)
Elissa A. Buchanan (State Bar No. 249996)
Travis Manfredi (State Bar No. 281779)
JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP
601 California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, California 94108
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

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/s/ Joseph R. Saveri
Joseph R. Saveri

Dated: February 8, 2023

By:

/s/ Andrew M. Gass
Andrew M. Gass

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
Andrew M. Gass (SBN 259694)
[e-mail]
Michael H. Rubin (SBN 214636)
[e-mail]
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, California 94111-6538
Telephone: [phone]
Counsel for Defendant DeviantArt, Inc.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEVIANTART INC.’S DEADLINE TO
RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(h)(3), I attest under penalty of perjury that concurrence in the
filing of this document has been obtained from any other signatory to this document.

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Dated: February 8, 2023

By:

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/s/ Joseph R. Saveri
Joseph R. Saveri

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEVIANTART INC.’S DEADLINE TO
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