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tardigrade_lawsuit_trouble [2018/10/02 12:16] – [Defendants' Delayed Answer?] adds that no reason given for extension request Carlos Pedrazatardigrade_lawsuit_trouble [2018/10/02 19:15] – Updates subhead Carlos Pedraza
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 ====== Tardigrades Copyright Lawsuit Gets off to Rocky Start ====== ====== Tardigrades Copyright Lawsuit Gets off to Rocky Start ======
  
-//**All Parties Request November 6 Extension for CBS and Netflix to Answer Suit**//+//**Federal Judge Grants November 6 Extension for CBS and Netflix to Answer Suit**//
  
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-After several delays in the [[tardigrade_lawsuit|copyright lawsuit]] against CBS and Netflix by indie game developer [[Anas Abdin]] over //Star Trek: Discovery//, attorneys for all parties asked a federal court to allow extra time for the defendants to reply to the legal complaint.+CBS and Netflix got a November 6, 2018, extension to reply to a [[tardigrade_lawsuit|copyright infringement]] lawsuit brought by indie game developer [[Anas Abdin]] alleging //Star Trek: Discovery// stole ideas from his unreleased videogame, Tardigrades.
  
-===== Defendants' Delayed Answer? =====+===== Defendants' Delayed Answer =====
  
-On October 1, Abdin's attorney, [[John Johnson]], and CBS and Netflix's lawyer, Wook Hwang of [[Loeb & Loeb]], asked for an extension until November 6. The defendants' answers had been due October 2 and 3, respectively.(([[https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/25398554/Abdin_v_CBS_Broadcasting,_Inc_et_al|U.S. District Court +On October 1, U.S. District [[Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald]] granted the extension request filed by Abdin's attorney, [[John Johnson]], and CBS and Netflix's lawyer, Wook Hwang of [[Loeb & Loeb]]. The defendants' answers had originally been due October 2 and 3, respectively.(([[https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/25398554/Abdin_v_CBS_Broadcasting,_Inc_et_al|U.S. District Court 
-Southern District of New York, civil docket for case # 1:18-cv-07543]], Abdin v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. et al., document 20, 10/1/18.))+Southern District of New York, civil docket for case # 1:18-cv-07543]], Abdin v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. et al., document 21, 10/1/18.))
  
 No reason for the request was given in the court filing, other than mentioning, "This is the first request for an extension of Defendants' time to answer, move or otherwise respond to the [lawsuit]."(([[https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/25398554/Abdin_v_CBS_Broadcasting,_Inc_et_al|U.S. District Court No reason for the request was given in the court filing, other than mentioning, "This is the first request for an extension of Defendants' time to answer, move or otherwise respond to the [lawsuit]."(([[https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/25398554/Abdin_v_CBS_Broadcasting,_Inc_et_al|U.S. District Court
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 In the meantime, news of the lawsuit — even without CBS and Netflix being able to respond — had already become a lightning rod for some fans of traditional Star Trek who have rejected the newest show, //Star Trek: Discovery//, as well as others still smarting from CBS' copyright lawsuit against [[Axanar]] and OWC Studios head [[Alec Peters]]. In the meantime, news of the lawsuit — even without CBS and Netflix being able to respond — had already become a lightning rod for some fans of traditional Star Trek who have rejected the newest show, //Star Trek: Discovery//, as well as others still smarting from CBS' copyright lawsuit against [[Axanar]] and OWC Studios head [[Alec Peters]].
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 ==== Served ==== ==== Served ====
  
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 The suit was filed August 19 in the federal district court of Southern New York. The case docket for Abdin v. CBS Broadcasting, et al., had by August 29 cited no fewer than 15 errors in how important documents were filed for Abdin by New York attorney Johnson, one of Abdin's lawyers. The suit was filed August 19 in the federal district court of Southern New York. The case docket for Abdin v. CBS Broadcasting, et al., had by August 29 cited no fewer than 15 errors in how important documents were filed for Abdin by New York attorney Johnson, one of Abdin's lawyers.
  
-The court docket also noted the case had been assigned to federal [[Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald]].+The court docket also noted the case had been assigned to federal Judge Buchwald]].
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