theJasmineBRAND.comtheJasmineBRAND.com Case 2:14-cv-05498-PA-JC Document 31-1 Filed 03/23/15 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:144 1 Joel R. W einer (SEN 139446) i oel. weiner(^kattenlaw.com 2 G loria France Shaw (SEN 246390) gloria. shaw(®kattenlaw. com 3 KATTEN h^C H IN ROSENMAN LLP 2029 C entury Park E ast Suite 2600 4 L os A ngeles, CA 90067-3012 T elephone; 310.788.4400 5 Facsim ile: 310.788.4471 A ttorneys for D efendants 6 7 N eville L. Johnson (SEN 66329) D ouglas L. Johnson (SEN 209216) JOHNSON & JOHNSON LLP 8 439 N orth C anon D rive, Suite 200 B everly H ills, C alifornia 90210 9 T elephone: (310)975-1080theJasmineBRAND.com Facsim ile: (M 0)975-1095 10 E m ail: [email protected] dj ohnson@ j llplaw .com 11 T hom as V. G irardi (SEN 36603) 12 H ow ard B. M iller (SEN 31392) GIRARDI KEES 13 1126 W ilsnire B oulevard L os A ngeles, C alifornia 90017 14 T elephone: (213)977-0211 Facsim ile: (2131481-1554 15 E m ail: [email protected] [email protected] 16 A ttorneys for Plaintiff 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 19 BENGAL MANGLE C ase No.2:14-cv-5498 20 PRODUCTIONS, EEC, [PROPOSED! ORDER ON theJasmineBRAND.comPlaintiff, STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL OF 21 COMPLAINT AND ENTIRE ACTION 22 vs. WITH PREJUDICE 23 SETH MACFARLANE; FUZZY DOOR ) [Fed. R. C iv. 41(a)(1)] PRODUCTIONS, IN C .; MEDIA ) 24 RIGHTS CAPITAL II, L .P.; MRC II ) DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, L .P.; ) THUNDER BUDDIES, EEC; ) 25 UNIVERSAL PICTURES; ) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ) 26 ENTERTAINMENT, EEC; ) 27 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, LLLP; ) and DOES I-IO, inclusive, ) 28 Defendants. ) theJasmineBRAND.com Case 2:14-cv-05498-PA-JC Document 31-1 Filed 03/23/15 Page 2 of 2 Page ID #:145 1 Pursuant to R ule 41(a)(1) of the Federal R ules of C ivil Procedure, and the 2 stipulation of the parties, the C ourt orders as follow s: 3 T his action, including all claim s and allegations asserted by plaintiff B engal 4 M angle Productions, LLC (“Plaintiff’) against defendants Seth MacFarlane, Fuzzy 5 D oor Productions, Inc., M edia R ights C apital II, L .P., MRC II Distribution C om pany 6 L .P., T hunder B uddies, LLC, U niversal Pictures, a division of U niversal C ity Studios 7 LLC, U niversal Studios H om e Entertainment LLC, and U niversal C ity Studios LLC, 8 incorrectly sued as U niversal C ity Studios LLLP, (together, “Defendants”) in 9 Plaintiffs C omtheJasmineBRAND.com plaint for C opyright Infringement, is hereby DISMISSED IN ITS 10 ENTIRETY WITH PREJUDICE. 11 E ach side shall bear its ow n costs and attorneys ’ fees. 12 S ^ 5 113 IT IS SO ORDERED. c o> &<^14 115 32 D ated: 16 T he H onorable Percy A nderson U nited States D istrict C ourt Judge 17 18 19 20 theJasmineBRAND.com 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 theJasmineBRAND.com Case 2:14-cv-05498-PA-JC Document 31 Filed 03/23/15 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:141 1 J o e l. R. W e in e r (SBN 1 3 9 4 4 6 ) io e l . w e in e r @ k a tte n la w . c o m 2 G lo ria F ra n k e S h a w (SBN 2 4 6 3 9 0 ) g lo ria , s h a w ©kattenlaw.com 3 KATTEN M U C fflN ROSENMAN LLP 2 0 2 9 C e n tu ry P a rk E a s t S u ite 2 6 0 0 4 L o s A n g e le s , CA 9 0 0 6 y -3 0 1 2 T e le p h o n e : 310.788.4400 5 F a c s im ile : 310.788.4471 6 A tto rn e y s fo r D e fe n d a n ts 7 N e v ille L. J o h n s o n (SBN 6 6 3 2 9 ) D o u g la s L. J o h n s o n (SBN 2 0 9 2 l6 ) JOHNSON & JOHNSON LLP 8 4 3 9 N o rth CtheJasmineBRAND.com a n o n D riv e , S u ite 2 0 0 B e v e rly H ills , C a lifo rn ia 9 0 2 1 0 9 T e le p h o n e : (310)975-1080 F a c s im ile : (310)975-1095 1 0 E m a il: njohnson@ jillplaw.com d jo h n s o n @ jjllp la w .c o m 1 1 T h o m a s V. G ira rd i (SBN 3 6 6 0 3 ) 1 2 H o w a rd B. M ille r (SBN 3 1 3 9 2 ) GIRARDI 1 KEESE 1 3 1 1 2 6 W ils h ire B o u le v a rd L o s A n g e le s , C a lifo rn ia 9 0 0 1 7 1 4 T e le p h o n e : (213)977-0211 F a c s im ile : (213)481-1554 1 5 E m a il: tgirardi@ girardikeese.com h ra ille r@ girardikeese.com 1 6 A tto rn e y s fo r P la in tiff 1 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 8 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 1 9 BENGAL MANGLE C a s e N o . 2:14-cv-5498 20 PRODUCTIONS, LLC, . STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL OF P la in tiff, COMPLAINT AND ENTIRE ACTION 2 1 theJasmineBRAND.com WITH PREJUDICE 22 v s . [F e d . R. C iv . 4 1 (a )(1 )] 23 SETH MACFARLANE; FUZZY DOOR PRODUCTIONS. INC.; MEDIA [Proposed Order filed concurrently 24 RIGHTS c a pit a l II, L.P.- MRCII herewith] DISTRIBUTION COMPAn Y, L.P.; THUNDER BUDDIES J.LC; 2 5 UNIVERSAL PICTURES: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS Ao ME 2 6 ENTERTAINMENT, LLC; 27 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, LLLP; a n d DOES 1 -1 0 , in c lu s iv e . 2 8 Defendants. ■ theJasmineBRAND.comtheJasmineBRAND.com Case 2:14-cv-05498-PA-JC Document 31 Filed 03/23/15 Page 2 of 3 Page ID #:142 1 P la in tiff B e n g a l M a n g le Productions, LLC (“ P la in tiff ’), o n th e o n e h a n d , a n d 2 d e fe n d a n ts S e th MacFarlane, F u z z y D o o r Productions, In c ., M e d ia R ig h ts C a p ita l II, 3 L.P., MRC II Distribution C o m p a n y L.P., T h u n d e r B u d d ie s , LLC, U n iv e rs a l P ic tu re s , 4 a d iv is io n o f U n iv e rs a l C ity S tu d io s LLC, U n iv e rs a l S tu d io s H o m e Entertainment 5 LLC, a n d U n iv e rsa l C ity S tu d io s LLC, incorrectly s u e d a s U n iv e rs a l C ity S tu d io s 6 LLLP (to g e th e r, “ D e fe n d a n ts ”), o n th e o th e r h a n d , th ro u g h th e ir re s p e c tiv e c o u n se l o f 7 re c o rd , h e re b y s tip u la te a s fo llo w s : 8 1 . theJasmineBRAND.comtheJasmineBRAND.comO n J u ly 1 5 , 2 0 1 4 , P la in tiff file d a C o m p la in t fo r C o p y rig h t Infringement 9 in itia tin g th is a c tio n . 1 0 2. In th e C o m p la in t, P la in tiff a lle g e d , a m o n g o th e r th in g s, th a t D e fe n d a n ts ’ 1 1 c h a ra c te r, T e d , fro m th e m o tio n p ic tu re e n title d Ted, w a s c o p ie d fro m a n d in frin g e s 1 2 P la in tiff ’s c h a ra c te r, C h a rlie , a n anthropomorphic te d d y b e a r fro m a w e b s e rie s . 1 3 Hi D e fe n d a n ts d e n ie d P la in tiff ’s c la im s a n d allegations. c V Ih 1 4 3. P la in tiff a n d its c o u n s e l a re n o w s a tis fie d th a t, b a s e d o n d is c o v e ry :S ifl^^ p ro d u c e d in th e a c tio n , th e c h a ra c te r T e d w a s independently c re a te d b y S e th 1 6 M a c F a rla n e u s in g h is o w n e ffo rts a n d c re a tiv ity a n d w a s n o t c o p ie d fro m P la in tiff ’s 1 7 C h a rlie c h a ra c te r.