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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Dongxiao Yue, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Chordiant Software, Inc.,

Defendant. /

NO. C 08-00019 JW 

FINAL JUDGMENT

Pursuant to the Court’s December 21, 2009 Order Re: Various Motions for Summary

Judgment and Motions to Exclude Expert Testimony, judgment is entered in favor of Defendant

Derek Witte against Plaintiffs Dongxiao Yue and Netbula, LLC. Plaintiffs shall take nothing from

their claim against Defendant Witte.

This case was also tried to a jury, District Judge James Ware presiding. Attorneys Antonio

Luis Cortes and Peter Michael Shimamoto represented Plaintiffs Dongxiao Yue and Netbula, LLC. 

Attorneys Laurence F. Pulgram and Jedediah Wakefield represented Defendant Chordiant Software,

Inc.

 The case was submitted to the jury for decision on one claim by Plaintiffs Dongxiao Yue and

Netbula, LLC, against Defendant Chordiant Software, Inc. for copyright infringement under 17

U.S.C. §§ 101, et seq.

The Verdict form required the jury to state its finding with respect to each of four

copyrighted works used by Defendant without Plaintiffs’ authorization by answering written

interrogatories. On May 14, 2010, the jury returned a unanimous verdict on each interrogatory

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 Although the jury awarded a total of $1,426,420, the Court notes that the jury incorrectly

added the individual awards on the verdict—the sum of the individual awards is actually $1,426,450.

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submitted to it. Pursuant to the jury verdict, judgment is entered in favor of Plaintiffs on Plaintiffs’

claim of copyright infringement as to each copyrighted work.

Defendant Chordiant Software, Inc. shall pay Plaintiffs Dongxiao Yue and Netbula, LLC

$1,426,4501 for actual damages and net profits pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 504(b) within sixty (60)

business days after entry of this Judgment. The payment shall be made by certified check, bank

cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to either Dongxiao Yue or Netbula,

LLC and shall be delivered or mailed to Plaintiffs’ counsel, and shall be accompanied by a letter

identifying Chordiant Software, Inc. as Defendant in this action; setting forth the title and civil

action number of this action and the name of this Court; and specifying that payment is made

pursuant to this Judgment. Defendant shall pay post-judgment interest on any delinquent amounts

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 

The Clerk shall close this file.

Dated: August 9, 2010 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Albert L. Sieber asieber@fenwick.com

Antonio Luis Cortes corteslaw@comcast.net

David M. Lacy Kusters dlacykusters@fenwick.com

Jedediah Wakefield jwakefield@fenwick.com

Laurence F. Pulgram lpulgram@fenwick.com

Liwen Arius Mah lmah@fenwick.com

Mary Elizabeth Milionis Mmilionis@Fenwick.com

Peter Michael Shimamoto pshimamoto@bwgfirm.com

Peter Wayne Ross pross@bwgfirm.com

Ryan Jared Marton rmarton@fenwick.com

Dated: August 9, 2010 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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