Kaseberg

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(ECF No. 70)

Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Partial Summary Judgment or, in the Alternative, ' Summary 'Adjudication (“MSJ”), (ECF No. 70; see also ECF Nos. 88-91); Plaintiffs Response in Opposition re Motion for Summary Judgment (“Opp’n”), (ECF No. 97; see also ECF No. 101); and Defendants’ Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (“Reply"), (ECF No. 106; see also ECF Nos. 109-11). The Court held a hearing regarding the pending. Motion (“Hr’g Tr.”), (ECF No. 123), and ordered supplemental briefing on an issue that was for the first time raised in Defendants’ Opposition and Plaintiffs Reply. Those supplemental briefs are now also before the Court. (ECF Nos. 124,127.)

After considering the Parties.’ arguments and the law, the Court takes the matter under submission and GRANTS Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment as to the (1) Delta Joke and (2) UAB Joke, and GRANTS Defendants’ Motion for Summary Adjudication regarding the determination that Plaintiffs jokes are entitled to “thin” copyright protection. The Court otherwise DENIES Defendants'…