Andersen et al v. Stability AI Ltd. et al

Filing 79

Joinder re 78 Reply to Opposition/Response in Support of DeviantArt, Inc.'s Special Motion to Strike Under California Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16 by Midjourney, Inc.. (Dunning, Angela) (Filed on 7/3/2023)

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COOLEY LLP
ANGELA L. DUNNING (212047)
[e-mail]
KAYLA BLAKER (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
J. ASHETON LEMAY (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304-1130
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
JUDD D. LAUTER (290945)
[e-mail]
3 Embarcadero Center, 20th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Counsel for Defendant Midjourney, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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SARAH ANDERSEN, an individual;
KELLY MCKERNAN, an individual;
KARLA ORTIZ, an individual,
Individual and Representative Plaintiffs,
v.
STABILITY AI LTD., a UK corporation;
STABILITY AI, INC., a Delaware
corporation; MIDJOURNEY, INC., a
Delaware corporation; DEVIANTART, INC.,
a Delaware corporation,
Defendants.

Case No. 3:23-cv-00201-WHO
DEFENDANT MIDJOURNEY, INC.’S NOTICE
OF JOINDER IN DEFENDANT DEVIANTART,
INC.’S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ITS SPECIAL
MOTION TO STRIKE UNDER CALIFORNIA
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE § 425.16
Date:
Time:
Courtroom:
Judge:

July 19, 2023
2:00 p.m.
2, 17th Floor
William H. Orrick

Trial Date: None
Date Action Filed: January 13, 2023

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COOLEY LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

MIDJOURNEY’S JOINDER IN DEVIANTART’S
REPLY I/S/O SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE
CASE NO.: 3:23-CV-00201-WHO

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NOTICE OF JOINDER AND JOINDER TO REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ANTI-SLAPP
MOTION
TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Defendant Midjourney, Inc. (“Midjourney”), having

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previously joined in DeviantArt, Inc.’s (“DeviantArt”) Special Motion to Strike Under California

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Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16 (“Motion”) (Dkt. 50), also respectfully joins in the reply (Dkt.

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78) in support of the Motion, as the grounds for the relief requested apply equally to Midjourney.

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By way of this joinder, Midjourney requests that the Court grant the Motion and strike
Plaintiffs’ right-of-publicity claims (Claims 4 and 5) against Midjourney.

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Dated: July 3, 2023

COOLEY LLP

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By: /s/ Angela L. Dunning
Angela L. Dunning
Judd Lauter
Kayla Blaker
Asheton Lemay

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Attorneys for Defendant
MIDJOURNEY, INC.

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COOLEY LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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MIDJOURNEY’S JOINDER IN DEVIANTART’S
REPLY I/S/O SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE
CASE NO.: 3:23-CV-00201-WHO