Rearden LLC v. The Walt Disney Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 REARDEN LLC, et al., Case No. 17-cv-04006-JST
Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S v. MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A
MATTER OF LAW
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, et al., Re: ECF Nos. 682, 739 Defendants.
12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Walt Disney Pictures’ (“Disney”) renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(b). ECF No. 739. The Court will grant the motion. I. BACKGROUND The factual and procedural background of this case is summarized in greater detail in the Court’s prior orders. ECF Nos. 60, 85, 297, 555. In short, Plaintiff Rearden LLC developed and owns MOVA Contour Reality Capture (“MOVA”)—a program for capturing the human face to create computer graphics (“CG”) characters in motion pictures. MOVA has been used in the production of various motion pictures, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Pictures 2008); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part…