Oh, nice insight.
Thanks for that.
Would anything Abdin might come up with (however unlikely) at this point be admissible to the court since the deadline has already passed?
BTW: I like your info site.
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Case dismissed! Discovery and Tardigrade game "not similar"
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Thanks for that.
Would anything Abdin might come up with (however unlikely) at this point be admissible to the court since the deadline has already passed?
BTW: I like your info site.
If CBS/Discovery have nothing to hide they should stand up for themselves instead of angling for a dismissal.The Full Story on AxaMonitor.com
A Plea for Help from Tardigrades Creator
DEAFENING SILENCE from a federal district judge on CBS/Netflix’s motion to dismiss Anas Abdin’s copyright infringement lawsuit prompts the Tardigrades creator to plead for help from, well, anyone in his effort to prove Star Trek: Discovery creators stole key ideas from his unpublished videogame. Read more »
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Lolwut? A motion to dismiss isn't an underhanded weasel-y thing to do.
Abdin's claims fundamentally misunderstand how the law works here, and CBS said as much in its filings. The case should be thrown out at this stage.
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The case just looks like ambulance chaser lawyers who expected a quick settlement and no that it didn’t happen don’t know what to do. They gambled and lost.
What! You ask for dismissal because you think the other side has no case. Why would you soend money going to trial on a case you can get dismissed?
You do know that basically every single case has a motion to dismiss filed right? Most are rejected but you always owe it to your client to try.
The lawyers job is to win the case any way they can not to prove anything to the public.
That's not how that works. It's been explained by several people (one with actual law experience) in this thread that what they're doing is normal.
It's difficult but not impossible to submit evidence after the discovery deadline has past. Abdin's lawyers would have to petition the judge to allow it, and they'd have to further justify why they weren't able to find this evidence during the time she allotted for discovery. It's an uphill climb, basically.Oh, nice insight.
Thanks for that.
Would anything Abdin might come up with (however unlikely) at this point be admissible to the court since the deadline has already passed?
Also, realize that if the judge, for whatever reason, doesn't dismiss the case then it will proceed with full discovery leading up to trial.
Thanks for the kind words.BTW: I like your info site.
Any lawyer deserving of the title, even Abdin’s, would tell you the cardinal rule—NEVER volunteer unsolicited information.
If you were accused of anything without persuasive evidence, you’d damn sure would want your lawyer to move for a dismissal, as would be your right. Why should the accused here not have the same right?
You're welcome.
I have been using your info at AxaMonitor to help me understand many aspects of this case and it has been quite helpful.
Especially your insight from examining previous case rulings from this particular Judge.
OK.. so where it stands now, there still is a slight chance that this could go before a jury.
Interesting.
I guess I kinda figured that in the back of my head, but based on what I've seen and read, it seemed unlikely to me so I never really considered it as something that would happen.
Course, I'm not the Judge so only time will tell.
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Ummm... one almost always stands up for oneself in court by pointing out the glaring flaws in the plaintiffs accusations which when successful, almost always leads to a dismissal.
Perhaps it would benefit your understanding of this case if you took a bit of time reading up on some of the more basic tenants of courtroom procedures.
GOOGLE can be your friend too.
Or you could just watch a season or two of Perry Mason.
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Because actual court is not that interesting or entertaining. This isn't a TV and the actual impact is on people's lives. So, we have to find our entertainment somewhere.
Except, it's all rather sad.
Well, and this just an opinion, just like everyone's 'opinions'... but there were similarities in his work and Discovery. The side by side comparisons show that, I don't think this guy is totally delusional. So he had this game/site and watches Discovery and he thinks, what the shit?? That looks like my stuff, they've ripped my Ripper off! However he hasn't the money or the legal advantages the other side has.
You haven't done the slightest bit of research as to how copyright law works here, have you? Abdin can't copyright tardigrades like that. It's like copyrighting the concept of people riding dragons.
He sure as hell can't copyright using gay couples, black women, and redheads in stories either.
What a shame the judge doesn't know this and has entertained the legal procedures for so long. She should've just swung by this forum and got her legal direction from Discovery fans
You don't understand how any of this works, do you?
I must have misunderstood indeed. I thought the legalities were not determined yet. That none of us knew. Sorry please point to me where it was worked out.
You're asking why the judge "entertained the legal procedures" as if she can just throw out the case whenever she wants. The time for her to do that is when she rules on CBS' motion to dismiss. You don't seem to get that.
Is this the part where you pretend you never said this and try to change the subject?
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