Roblox Corporation v. WowWee Group Limited

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBLOX CORPORATION, Case No. 22-cv-04476-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART ROBLOX'S

MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY

WOWWEE GROUP LIMITED, et al., JUDGMENT Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 212

12 Before the Court is a motion for partial summary judgment filed by plaintiff Roblox Corporation (“Roblox”). Dkt. No. 212. Roblox moves for summary judgment on defendant WowWee Group Ltd., et al (“WowWee”)’s affirmative defenses of express license (ninth defense), implied license (ninth defense), waiver (thirteenth defense), estoppel (thirteenth defense), acquiescence (ninth defense), unclean hands (eighth defense), copyright fair use (seventh defense), copyright misuse (sixth defense), and the scope of Roblox’s Terms of Use (sixteenth and seventeenth defenses). Id. WowWee opposes. Dkt. No. 263. The Court heard oral argument on this motion on June 20, 2024. For the reasons set…