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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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40699179.1

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

NOS. 17-CV-04006, 17-CV-04191, 17-CV-04192

STEVE W. BERMAN (pro hac vice) 

MARK S. CARLSON (pro hac vice) 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

steve@hbsslaw.com 

markc@hbsslaw.com

KELLY M. KLAUS (SBN 161091)

kelly.klaus@mto.com 

ROHIT K. SINGLA (SBN 213057) 

rohit.singla@mto.com 

ELIA HERRERA (SBN 293278) 

elia.herrera@mto.com

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

560 Mission Street, 27th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-2907 

Telephone: (415) 512-4000 

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

REARDEN LLC and REARDEN MOVA 

LLC,

Plaintiffs,

vs. 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, WALT 

DISNEY MOTION PICTURES GROUP, 

INC., BUENA VISTA HOME 

ENTERTAINMENT, INC., MARVEL 

STUDIOS, LLC, and MANDEVILLE 

FILMS, INC.,

Defendants.

Case Nos. 3:17-cv-04006-JST

 3:17-cv-04191-JST

 3:17-cv-04192-JST

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE ANTICIPATED SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT MOTIONS

Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

Date/Time: January 9, 2019/2 pm 

Ctrm.: 9 (19th Floor) 

REARDEN LLC and REARDEN MOVA 

LLC,

Plaintiffs,

vs. 

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM 

CORPORATION and TWENTIETH 

CENTURY FOX HOME 

ENTERTAINMENT LLC,

Defendants.

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40699179.1

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

NOS. 17-CV-04006, 17-CV-04191, 17-CV-04192

REARDEN LLC and REARDEN MOVA 

LLC,

Plaintiffs,

vs. 

PARAMOUNT PICTURES 

CORPORATION and PARAMOUNT 

HOME ENTERTAINMENT 

DISTRIBUTION INC.

Defendants.

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40699179.1 -1- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

NOS. 17-CV-04006, 17-CV-04191, 17-CV-04192 or stay

WHEREAS, Defendants intend to file summary judgment motions (1) for an order that 

Plaintiffs cannot establish the causal link necessary to recover indirect profits (in Case Nos. 17-

CV-4006-JST and 17-CV-04191-JST); and (2) for an order that Plaintiffs’ copyright infringement 

claims regarding Guardians of the Galaxy are barred by the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of 

limitations (Case No. 17-CV-4006-JST). Plaintiffs intend to oppose both motions and may file a 

Rule 56(d) request with respect to one or both motions; 

WHEREAS, at the November 7, 2018, Case Management Conference, the Court directed 

the parties to meet and confer and file a stipulated proposal or competing proposals 

[1] “containing a schedule for the completion of discovery for the two anticipated [summary 

judgment] motions and a briefing schedule”; and [2] “a deadline for the filing of” the” “joint letter 

brief of not longer than eight pages single spaced that includes the studio defendants’ request to 

file more than one summary judgment motion and the plaintiffs’ 56(d) request.” Civil Minutes 

¶¶ 2-3, Dkt. Nos. 118 (Case No. 17-CV-04006-JST), 84 (Case No. 17-CV-04191-JST), and 83 

(Case No. 17-CV-04192). Pursuant to stipulation, the Court continued the date for the parties to 

submit the proposal(s) from November 16, 2018 to November 30, 2018. Dkt. Nos. 120 (Case No. 

17-CV-04006-JST), 86 (Case No. 17-CV-04191-JST), and 85 (Case No. 17-CV-04192); 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred but have not yet reached resolution 

regarding the discovery-scope or schedule for the motions. The parties will continue their meetand-confer efforts but believe it will be more efficient for reaching resolution or identifying 

disagreements for each to review the other’s portion of the eight-page joint letter brief. The 

parties would attach to the submitted letter brief a single proposal or competing proposals. The 

Court has set a further Case Management Conference for January 9, 2019, at 2:00 P.M. See Civil 

Minutes ¶ 4, Dkt. Nos. 118 (Case No. 17-CV-04006-JST), 84 (Case No. 17-CV-04191-JST), and 

83 (Case No. 17-CV-04192). The parties believe the Court should keep the January 9, 2019 

Conference on calendar, so that the parties and the Court may discuss any remaining issues. 

THE PARTIES THEREFORE STIPULATE:

[1] By December 21, 2018, the parties shall file a joint letter brief that is not longer 

than eight pages single spaced—four pages maximum for Defendants and four pages maximum 

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40699179.1 -2- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

NOS. 17-CV-04006, 17-CV-04191, 17-CV-04192 or stay

for Plaintiffs—that includes the Studio Defendants’ request to file more than one summary 

judgment motion and the Plaintiffs’ 56(d) request. The parties shall append to that letter brief a 

stipulated proposal or competing proposals for the completion of discovery for the motions and a 

briefing schedule.

[2] The further Case Management Conference shall remain on calendar for January 9, 

2019, at 2:00 P.M. 

DATED: November 30, 2018 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

By: /s/ Mark S. Carlson1

MARK S. CARLSON

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DATED: November 30, 2018

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

By: /s/ Kelly M. Klaus

KELLY M. KLAUS

Attorneys for Defendants 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

December ____, 2018 

 ____________________________________ 

 The Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

 United States District Judge

 

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 Signed electronically by Kelly M. Klaus with the concurrence of Mark S. Carlson, pursuant to 

L.R. 5-1(i)(3).

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