Reinicke

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Before the Court is Defendant Creative Empire, LLC’s motion for summary judgment. (Dkt. No. 41.) Plaintiff filed an opposition, (Dkt. No. 44), and Defendant replied. (Dkt. No. 46.) A hearing was held on August 1, 2014. (Dkt. No. 47.) James Crosby, Esq. and Jamie Riderbeck, Esq. appeared on behalf of Plaintiff and Minh Zhen Kuo, Esq. and Elliot Gipson, Esq. appeared on behalf of Defendant. Based on the arguments, briefs, supporting documentation, and the applicable law, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

Procedural Background

On June 11, 2012, Plaintiff Almut Reinicke (“Plaintiff’ or “Reinieke”) filed a complaint against Defendant Creative Empire LLC d/b/a Mangolanguges.com (“Defendant” or “Mango”) alleging causes of action for copyright infringement, conversion and quantum meruit as to the Work incorporated into Mango 2.0. (Dkt. No. 1.) On October 23, 2012, the case was transferred to the undersigned judge. (Dkt. No. 10.) On January 24, 2013, 2013 WL 275900 , the Court granted in part and denied in part Defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and granted in part and denied in part…