UAB "Planner5D" v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 UAB “PLANNER5D”, Case No. 19-cv-03132-WHO
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
DISMISS COPYRIGHT CLAIMS;
v. DENYING MOTIONS TO DISMISS
TRADE SECRET CLAIMS;
FACEBOOK, INC., et al., GRANTING MOTIONS TO SEAL Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 68, 69, 70, 75
UAB Planner 5D (“Planner 5D”) operates a home design website that allows users to create virtual interior design scenes using a library of virtual objects (such as tables, chairs, and sofas) to populate the scenes. It claims that it owns copyrights in these three-dimensional objects and scenes, and in the compilation of objects and scenes, as well as trade secrets in the underlying data files. It filed this suit against defendants Facebook, Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC (collectively “Facebook”), and The Trustees of Princeton University (“Princeton”) for copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation. I granted Princeton’s and Facebook’s motions…