Case 2:14-cv-00772-GMN-NJK Document 1 Filed 05/15/14 Page 1 of 39 1 CRAIG A. NEWBY (NSBN 8591) McDONALD CARANO WILSON LLP 2 2300 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 1200 Las Vegas, NV 89102 3 Telephone: 702.873.4100 Facsimile: 702.873.9966 4
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[email protected] 9 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 10 Hologram USA, Inc., Musion Das Hologram Limited and Uwe Maass 11 WILSON LLP 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA89102 • 13 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14 SUITE 1200 • HOLOGRAM USA, INC., a Delaware corporation; Case No.: CARANO • 15 MUSION DAS HOLOGRAM LIMITED, a 16 corporation organized under the laws of the United PHONE (702)873-4100 • FAX (702) 873-9966 Kingdom; and UWE MAASS, an individual, COMPLAINT; and 17 Plaintiffs, DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL 18 2300 WEST SAHARA AVENUE McDONALD McDONALD v. 19 PULSE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Georgia 20 corporation; JOHN C. TEXTOR, an individual; PROMETHEUS GLOBAL MEDIA, LLC, a 21 Delaware limited liability company; DICK CLARK 22 PRODUCTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation; JOHN BRANCA and JOHN MCCLAIN, Executors 23 of the Estate of Michael J. Jackson; MJJ PRODUCTIONS, INC., a California corporation, 24 and DOES 1 through 10, 25 Defendants. 26 27 28 Case 2:14-cv-00772-GMN-NJK Document 1 Filed 05/15/14 Page 2 of 39 1 INTRODUCTION 2 1. In 1862, John Pepper and Henry Dircks invented “Pepper’s Ghost,” an illusion 3 technique, which, over the last 150 years, has appeared in movies, concerts, magic shows and 4 amusement park rides.