Glass Egg Digital Media v. Gameloft, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 GLASS EGG DIGITAL MEDIA, Case No. 17-cv-04165-MMC (RMI)

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTION FOR

v. SANCTIONS

GAMELOFT, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 223 Defendants.

13 Now pending is a motion for monetary sanctions filed by Defendant Gameloft SE (“GLSE”) (dkt. 223). Plaintiff has responded (dkt. 228), GLSE has replied (dkt. 229), and the matter came on to be heard at oral argument before the undersigned on January 7, 2020 (dkt. 232). For the reasons described below, GLSE’s motion is granted in part and denied in part. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for copyright infringement, conversion, and unfair competition. See Fourth Amend. Compl. (Dkt. 144). Plaintiff, Glass Egg Digital Media, a British Virgin Islands corporation, creates digital car models for use in the electronic game industry, while Defendant GLSE, a French corporation, and Defendant Gameloft…