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-<fs x-small>MARCH 3, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 2 MIN READ</wrap></fs>+<fs x-small>MARCH 3, 2019<wrap indent>|</wrap><wrap indent> //UPDATED// MARCH 9, 2019</wrap><wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 4 MIN READ</wrap></fs> 
 +====== Tardigrades, CBS Attorneys Work Out Discovery Dispute ======
  
-====== Tardigrades Lawyers Want More Time for Discovery ======+**//CBS lawyers’ delays are making it tough to find connections between Discovery creators and videogame// **
  
-**//CBS lawyers' delays are making it tough to find connections between Discovery creators and videogame//** + {{TOC}}{{page>byline}}
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-**Attorneys for Tardigrades developer** Anas Abdin want more time to find a connection between //Star Trek: Discovery//‘s creators and their client’s videogame, citing delays and objections by CBS’ attorneys.+Lawyers in the Tardigrades lawsuit appeared to have resolved their disagreements by the March 8 deadline set by U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield.
  
-<WRAP center 90%> +===== Discovery Dispute =====
-<fs smaller>**//See also: [[tardigrades_steam|Judge Wants Evidence Discovery Creators Saw Game]] and \\ +
-[[tardigrades_third_complaint|Copyright Lawsuit Names Discovery Writer as Possible Link]]//**</fs> +
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-{{page>subscribe}}+Attorneys for game developer Anas Abdin had complained to Schofield that CBS lawyers were not complying with her order to allow Abdin’s lawyers to gather evidence.
  
-===== March 19 Deadline Looms =====+Abdin seeks a connection between //Star Trek: Discovery// and his videogame on the Steam platform. He alleges //Discovery//‘s creators must have stolen ideas from Tardigrades in 2015.
  
-Judge G. Lorna Schofield gave Abdin’s lawyers until [[:tardigrades_steam#steam-y_discovery|March 19]] to provide the evidence needed to move the case forward. CBS has a [[:tardigrades_dismissal_motion|motion to dismiss]] pending. +Meanwhile the lawyers on both sides asked the judge to cancel the March 12 status report she wanted.
-  * **Needles in a haystack?**  Abdin needs to find CBS employees who were also members of the Steam platform who also developed //Discovery//, and who also [[:tardigrades_steam#greenlit|voted in Steam's Greenlight]] program for his Tardigrades game. +
-  * **CBS objections**: In a March 1 letter, Abdin lawyer John Johnson complains CBS’ attorneys have objected to the subpoena he wants to serve on [[:tardigrades_steam?s[]=steam&s[]=valve#steam-y_discovery|Steam's owner]], Valve Corp. CBS says many employees about whom Johnson inquires are no longer employed by CBS. +
-  * **CBS had agreed**  to provide evidence but hadn’t by the agreed-upon date, according to emails Johnson filed in court.+
  
-<WRAP right round download 320px> +===== Looming Deadline ===== 
-<fs smaller>**READ THE LETTER** from Tardigrades attorney John Johnson to the judge asking her to {{ ::60_johnson_letter_to_judge.pdf |intervene}} in CBS stalling tactics. \\+ 
 +Faced with a looming March 19 deadline for game developer Anas Abdin to [[:tardigrades_third_complaint|show a connection]] between //Star Trek: Discovery//‘s creators and the videogame from which he says they stole his ideas, his lawyer asked the judge to intervene. 
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 +In that February 27, 2019, letter to Schofield, attorney John Johnson accused defendant CBS’ lawyers of stalling in [[:tardigrades_discovery_extension|turning over evidence]] to meet that deadline. 
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 +<WRAP center 90%> <fs smaller>**//See also: [[:tardigrades_steam|Judge Wants Evidence Discovery Creators Saw Game]] and\\ 
 +[[:tardigrades_third_complaint|Copyright Lawsuit Names Discovery Writer as Possible Link]]//** </fs> </WRAP> 
 + 
 +==== Judge Admonishes Lawyers ==== 
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 +Schofield admonished all the lawyers to follow her court’s rules: //You better confer in good faith over discovery disputes.// 
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 +In a March 4 statement, Schofield ordered them to talk it out by March 6. If that didn’t work then CBS was to give her a written explanation by March 8. 
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 +<WRAP right round download 320px> <fs smaller>**READ THE LETTER** from Tardigrades attorney John Johnson to the judge asking her to {{:60_johnson_letter_to_judge.pdf|intervene}}  in CBS stalling tactics.\\
 **Attachments:** \\ **Attachments:** \\
- • {{ ::60-1_exhibit_request_to_resolve_isssues.pdf |Email exchange}} between the two lawyers. \\ +• {{:60-1_exhibit_request_to_resolve_isssues.pdf|Email exchange}}  between the two lawyers.\\ 
- • What the plaintiffs are {{ ::60-2_exhibit_documents_interrogatories.pdf |looking for}}.</fs> +• What the plaintiffs are {{:60-2_exhibit_documents_interrogatories.pdf|looking for}}.</fs> </WRAP>
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-===== Motion to compel discovery =====+=== The bottom line ===
  
-Johnson wants the judge to force CBS to provide the evidence. What he wants:+CBS believes Abdin’s lawyers are going on a fishing expedition in a desperate attempt to show //Discovery//‘s creators stole from the game developer. Abdin’s attorney says the judge allowed them to investigate and has told CBS it had better [[:tardigrades_discovery_extension#motion_to_compel_discovery|cough up the goods]].
  
-  * **IP addresses**: Johnson’s wants Information about IP addresses of various CBS-owned domains. +[{{ :judge_shofield.jpg|**Judge Lorna G. Schofield**}}] 
-  * **Connections to Steam**: He wants Steam user account information about anyone involved in developing or producing //Discovery//, as well as accounts registered by anyone from CBS Broadcasting, All Access, Netflix, Living Dead Guy Productions, Secret Hideout, Roddenberry Entertainment or Pinewood Toronto Studios. +===== Judge Orders Meeting ===== 
-  * **Steam subpoena**: From Steam, Johnson wants the voting record, and user information about anyone involved in developing or producing //Discovery//  who [[:tardigrades_third_complaint#proving_access|voted]] on the Tardigrades game. + 
-  * **Discovery creators and staff**  Johnson is interested in include Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman, Nicholas Meyer, Aaron Harberts, Akiva Goldsman, [[:tardigrades_third_complaint|Erika Lippoldt]], Gretchen J. Berg, John Eaves, Jonathan Frakes, Kirsten Beyer, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. More are listed in court documents. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+Either way, Schofield orderd the attorneys to appear before her on March 12 to report on the case status. 
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 +  * **Meanwhile, a motion by CBS**  to [[:tardigrades_dismissal_motion|dismiss the case]] remained pending. 
 +===== Discovery Dispute ===== 
 + 
 +Abdin’s lawyers were trying to find CBS employees who were also members of the Steam platform who also developed //Discovery//, and who also [[:tardigrades_steam#greenlit|voted in Steam's Greenlight]] program for his Tardigrades game. 
 + 
 +  * **CBS objections**: In a March 1 letter, Abdin lawyer John Johnson complains CBS’ attorneys have objected to the subpoena he wants to serve on [[:tardigrades_steam#steam-y_discovery|Steam's owner]], Valve Corp. CBS says many employees about whom Johnson inquires are no longer employed by CBS. 
 +  * **CBS had agreed**  to provide evidence but hadn’t by the agreed-upon date, according to emails Johnson filed in court. 
 +==== Motion to Compel Discovery ==== 
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 +Johnson hoped the judge would force CBS to provide the evidence he wanted: 
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 +  * **IP addresses**: Johnson wanted Information about IP addresses of various CBS-owned domains. 
 +  * **Connections to Steam**: He wanted Steam user account information about anyone involved in developing or producing //Discovery//, as well as accounts registered by anyone from CBS Broadcasting, All Access, Netflix, Living Dead Guy Productions, Secret Hideout, Roddenberry Entertainment or Pinewood Toronto Studios. 
 +  * **Steam subpoena**: From Steam, Johnson hoped to obtain the voting record, and user information about anyone involved in developing or producing //Discovery//  who [[:tardigrades_third_complaint#proving_access|voted]] on the Tardigrades game. 
 +  * **Discovery creators and staff**  Johnson was interested in included Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman, Nicholas Meyer, Aaron Harberts, Akiva Goldsman, [[:tardigrades_third_complaint|Erika Lippoldt]], Gretchen J. Berg, John Eaves, Jonathan Frakes, Kirsten Beyer, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. More are listed in court documents. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?direct&}} 
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