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-<fs x-small>MARCH 3, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 2 MIN READ</wrap> +<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> 
-//UPDATED MARCH 6, 2019//</fs> +====== Tardigrades, CBS Attorneys Work Out Discovery Dispute ======
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-====== Federal Judge Tells Tardigrades, CBS Attorneys to Work Out Issues ======+
  
 **//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// **
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-Work it out, says federal judge Lorna G. Schofield to attorneys on both sides of the Tardigrades copyright lawsuit against CBS and Netflix.+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. 
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 +===== Discovery Dispute ===== 
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 +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. 
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 +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. 
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 +Meanwhile the lawyers on both sides asked the judge to cancel the March 12 status report she wanted.
  
 ===== Looming Deadline ===== ===== Looming Deadline =====
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 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. 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, attorney John Johnson accused defendant CBS’ lawyers of stalling in [[:tardigrades_discovery_extension|turning over evidence]] to meet that deadline.+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.
  
 <WRAP center 90%> <fs smaller>**//See also: [[:tardigrades_steam|Judge Wants Evidence Discovery Creators Saw Game]] and\\ <WRAP center 90%> <fs smaller>**//See also: [[:tardigrades_steam|Judge Wants Evidence Discovery Creators Saw Game]] and\\
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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. 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.
  
-<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. \\ +<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:** \\ • {{:60-1_exhibit_request_to_resolve_isssues.pdf|Email exchange}}  between the two lawyers. \\+**Attachments:** \\ 
 +• {{: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> </WRAP> • What the plaintiffs are {{:60-2_exhibit_documents_interrogatories.pdf|looking for}}.</fs> </WRAP>
  
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 ===== Judge Orders Meeting ===== ===== Judge Orders Meeting =====
  
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   * **Meanwhile, a motion by CBS**  to [[:tardigrades_dismissal_motion|dismiss the case]] remained pending.   * **Meanwhile, a motion by CBS**  to [[:tardigrades_dismissal_motion|dismiss the case]] remained pending.
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 ===== Discovery Dispute ===== ===== Discovery Dispute =====
  
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   * **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 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.   * **CBS had agreed**  to provide evidence but hadn’t by the agreed-upon date, according to emails Johnson filed in court.
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 ==== Motion to Compel Discovery ==== ==== Motion to Compel Discovery ====
  
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   * **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.   * **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&}}   * **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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