Hyman Rosen wrote: > > Rahul Dhesi wrote: > > Your essential argument is that although they are hiding the actual > > settlement, they are not hiding anything within it. > > No. They are hiding the exact monetary amounts involved,
Right. http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/jul/23/busybox-supermicro/ "an undisclosed amount of financial consideration" Could it be that "an undisclosed amount of financial consideration" is actually "you [Busybox] don't have to pay our [Supermicro] attorneys' fees in the amount of $..."? http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/01/section-411a-bites-plaintiff-twice.html ----- The builder again moved to dismiss; the court granted the motion, holding that the relevant jurisdictional fact, which cannot be changed by amending the complaint, is that registration of the copyright had not been made when the complaint was originally filed. Plaintiff then re-filed its complaint; the builder moved to dismissal under FRCP 41(a). The court denied the motion, but sua sponte ordered plaintiff to pay attorneys fees in connection with the prior two dismissals, and to really show its pique stayed the proceedings until the fees were paid up. That was just the beginning of the mess, though, as years of litigation over motions for reconsideration, summary judgment, and appeal to the Seventh Circuit occurred. Ultimately, another $75,000 in fees were awarded in connection with the motion for summary judgment and the appeal. One cannot but wonder whether the final award was influenced by the 411(a) fiasco. ----- http://www.techlawjournal.com/courts/lds/19991112mem.htm ------- Registration of copyright in the work that is allegedly infringed is a jurisdictional requirement. 17 U.S.C. § 411. Techniques, Inc. v. Rohn, 592 F.Supp. 1195, 1197; 225 U.S.P.Q. 741 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)("Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 411(a) as well as its predecessor, § 13, it has been held repeatedly that ownership of a copyright registration is a jurisidictional prerequisite to an action for infringement. . . . A complaint which fails to plead compliance with § 411(a) is defective and subject to dismissal."); Grundberg v. The Upjohn Company, 137 F.R.D. 372, 382; 19 U.S.P.Q. 1590 (D. Ut. 1991). Lacking even an allegation of registration of copyright ... this Court is without subject matter jurisdiction. ------- regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
