Blizzard Entertainment Inc v. Michael Vankuipers et al

Filing 31

CONSENT JUDGMENT by Judge Cormac J. Carney in favor of Blizzard Entertainment Inc against John Roe Related to: Stipulation for Judgment 29 . ( MD JS-6. Case Terminated ) (rla)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 MARC E. MAYER (SBN 190969) mem@msk.com JILL P. RUBIN (SBN 240019) jpr@msk.com MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP 11377 West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90064-1683 Telephone: (310) 312-2000 Facsimile: (310) 312-3100 JS-6 Attorneys for Plaintiff Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC. a Delaware Corporation, Blizzard, 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 3984363.1 28 v. MICHAEL VANKUIPERS a/k/a “Perma” or “Permaphrost,” an individual; MICHAEL SIMPSON a/k/a Matt Cooper, a/k/a Cranix” and “Cranyx”; JOHN ROE a/k/a “linuxawesome” and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive. Defendants. CASE NO. SACV 10-1495-CJC (MLGx) The Honorable Cormac J. Carney [PROPOSED] CONSENT JUDGMENT 1 Plaintiff Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (“Blizzard”) and Defendant John Roe 2 a/k/a “linuxawesome” (“Defendant”) having entered into a Stipulation for Entry of 3 Judgment and the Court having entered an Order thereon, 4 5 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED: 6 1. Blizzard alleges that Defendant engaged in copyright infringement, 7 inducement to infringe copyrights, contributory copyright infringement, vicarious 8 copyright infringement, breach of contract, and intentional interference with 9 contractual relations. 10 11 2. Defendant and all persons acting under Defendant’s direction or 12 control (including but not limited to his agents, representatives and employees), 13 shall, whether in the United States, Peru or any other country, immediately and 14 permanently cease and desist from: 15 16 A. infringing Blizzard’s copyrighted works, including without limitation, 17 the development, sale and/or distribution of software products 18 designed to modify or hack StarCraft II or any other of Blizzard’s 19 copyrighted works (the “Contested Software”) (the Contested 20 Software shall include, without limitation, the “Open Source External 21 Map Hack for SC2 1.1”); 22 23 B. 24 inducing or contributing to third party infringements of Blizzard’s copyrighted works; 25 26 3984363.1 intentionally interfering with Blizzard’s contracts with players; and 27 Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP C. D. violating the StarCraft II End User License Agreement and Battle.net 28 Terms of Use. 1 1 2 3 3. Defendant shall take down the Contested Software and any colorable copy thereof, hosted at any domain, address, location, or ISP within his control. 4 5 6 4. Defendant shall deliver to Blizzard all copies of materials that infringe or violate any of Blizzard’s rights described herein. 7 8 9 10 5. Defendant shall provide Blizzard with an accounting of any and all sales of products or services that infringe or violate any of Blizzard’s rights described herein. 11 12 6. Defendant shall destroy all digital files representing any Contested 13 Software that are currently in his possession, custody, or control. Defendant shall 14 provide Blizzard with a sworn statement within five days after the entry of the 15 Consent Judgment certifying his compliance with this provision. 16 17 7. Absent the prior written consent of Blizzard or its designee, 18 Defendant shall not publicly release, distribute, sell, transfer or give away, for 19 consideration or otherwise, any software, source code, object code, technology, 20 domain name(s), trademark(s), brand(s), goodwill or any other property of any 21 kind, in whole or in part, which is in any way related to the Contested Software, 22 including without limitation, by posting such materials on an internet web page or 23 by offering such materials over any peer-to-peer or file-trading network or any 24 other medium. 25 26 27 Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 3984363.1 8. Any company or entity that Defendant owns or operates in the future shall also comply with the provisions of this Consent Judgment. 28 2 1 9. Defendant irrevocably and fully waives notice of entry of the Consent 2 Judgment and notice and service of the entered Consent Judgment and 3 understands, confirms, and agrees that violation of the Consent Judgment will 4 expose Defendant to all penalties provided by law, including contempt of Court. 5 6 10. Defendant irrevocably and fully waives any and all rights to appeal 7 the Consent Judgment, to have it vacated or set aside, to seek or obtain a new trial 8 thereon, or otherwise to attack in any way, directly or collaterally, its validity or 9 enforceability. 10 11 11. Nothing contained in the Consent Judgment shall limit the right of 12 Blizzard to seek relief, including without limitation, damages, for any and all 13 infringements by Defendant of the Blizzard’s copyrighted works occurring after 14 the date Defendant executes the Stipulation for Entry of Judgment. 15 16 17 12. This Consent Judgment shall be deemed to have been served upon Defendant at the time of its execution by the Court. 18 19 13. The Court finds there is no just reason for delay in entering this 20 Consent Judgment and, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(a), the 21 Court directs immediate entry of this Consent Judgment against Defendant. 22 23 14. The Court shall retain jurisdiction of this action to entertain such 24 further proceedings and to enter such further orders as may be necessary or 25 appropriate to implement and enforce the provisions of this Consent Judgment. 26 27 Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 3984363.1 28 3 1 2 Dated: August 19, 2011 3 The Honorable United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney 4 Submitted by: 5 DATED: August 18, 2011 6 MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP MARC E. MAYER JILL P. RUBIN 7 8 9 10 By: /s/ Marc E. Mayer Marc E. Mayer Attorneys for Plaintiff Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 3984363.1 28 4

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