Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 98.248.212.37
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-09881-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S EX
v. PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE
TO SERVE THIRD PARTY
JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP SUBPOENA
ADDRESS 98.248.212.37,
Docket No. 7 Defendant. 12 13 Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings owns the copyrights for several adult motion pictures. See Williamson Decl. ¶ 13. It alleges that someone – the Doe defendant here – who uses the IP address 98.248.212.37 infringed on those copyrights. See Compl. ¶ 4 (alleging that “Defendant did not infringe just one or two of Strike 3’s motion pictures[;] [r]ather, Defendant has been recorded infringing 29 movies over an extended period of time”). Despite its own efforts, Strike 3 Holdings has not been able to identify the individual associated with that IP address. See Mot. at 10. Strike 3 Holdings now asks the court to let it serve a subpoena on non-party Comcast, the Doe defendant’s…