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

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Forrest Plant, Jr. – SBN 072266 

Goldsberry, Freeman & Guzman, LLP 

777 12th Street, Suite 250 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

(916) 448-0448; fax (916) 448-8628 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CONTROVERSY MUSIC, WORDS & 

MUSIC, INC., DONALD KAHN, STEVEN 

RICHARD MARX and ANDREW ARTHUR 

MARX dba GILBERT KEYES MUSIC 

COMPANY, SONY/ATV TUNES, LLC, 

BROCKMAN MUSIC, BRENDA RICHIE 

PUBLISHING, FATE MUSIC, RAY 

VAUGHN MUSIC, INC., and WEED HIGH 

NIGHTMARE MUSIC, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

PATEL BHAVANA HEMANT, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 1:07-CV-01430-OWW-GSA 

 

STIPULATION FOR SETTLEMENT AND

DISMISSAL 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiffs Controversy Music, Words & 

Music, Inc., Donald Kahn, Steven Richard Marx and Andrew Arthur Marx dba Gilbert Keyes 

Music Company, Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC, Brockman Music, Brenda Richie Publishing, Fate 

Music, Ray Vaughn Music, Inc., and Weed High Nightmare Music (hereinafter “Plaintiffs”) and 

Bhavana Hemant Patel referred to as “Patel Bhavana Hemant” in the complaint on file herein 

(hereinafter “Defendant”) as follows: 

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1. Defendant has paid to the American Society of Composers, Authors and 

Publishers (ASCAP), on behalf of Plaintiffs, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). 

2. The payment referred to above is in settlement of all claims and causes of action 

by members of ASCAP against Defendant for willful infringements of copyrights by 

unauthorized non-dramatic public performances of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted musical works, 

whether known or unknown, including, without limitation, the specific claims and causes of 

action as alleged in the complaint on file herein, for all periods through the date this Stipulation 

is entered as an Order by the court. Plaintiffs release Defendant and Hemant Patel and the agents 

and successors of each from all such claims and further waive the provisions of California Civil 

Code section 1542 which provides: 

A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor 

does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of 

executing the release, which if known by him or her must have 

materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor. 

3. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Stipulation, ASCAP shall provide 

to Defendant a current ASCAP General License Agreement for the Bakersfield, California 

establishment known as Lone Oak Inn. Defendant shall accept and execute said license 

agreement and comply with all terms and conditions of the license agreement. License fees due 

under the license agreement for all periods through December 31, 2008 are included in the 

settlement amount referred to in Paragraph 1 above. 

4. The complaint on file herein shall be dismissed with prejudice, and all parties 

shall bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: . Defendant:

 

BHAVANA HEMANT PATEL 

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 Plaintiffs:

Controversy Music, Words & Music, Inc., Donald 

Kahn, Steven Richard Marx and Andrew Arthur 

Marx dba Gilbert Keyes Music Company, 

Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC, Brockman Music, Brenda 

Richie Publishing, Fate Music, Ray Vaughn Music, 

Inc., and Weed High Nightmare Music 

Dated: . By: 

 RICHARD H. REIMER 

 Senior Vice President, Legal Services 

American Society of Composers, Authors 

and Publishers 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Dated: _____________________. Goldsberry, Freeman & Guzman, LLP 

 By: 

 FORREST PLANT, JR. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: _____________________. Greve, Clifford, Wengel & Paras, LLP 

 By: 

 SCOTT E. COFER 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 5, 2008 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

 OLIVER W. WANGER 

 United States District Judge 

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