Moonbug Entertainment Limited v. Babybus (Fujian) Network Technology Co., Ltd
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT Case No. 21-cv-06536-EMC LIMITED, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOONBUG’S v. MOTION TO STRIKE AMENDED ANSWER AND DISMISS AMENDED
BABYBUS (FUJIAN) NETWORK COUNTERCLAIMS
TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, Docket No. 40 Defendant.
13 14 Plaintiff-Counter Defendant Moonbug Entertainment (“Moonbug”) operates the CoComelon channel, the top-ranked Kids YouTube channel, featuring animated videos of a child character named JJ and his family. Docket No. 1 (Compl.) ¶ 2, 16. Defendant-Counter Plaintiff Babybus Network Technology Co. (“Babybus”) runs a competitor YouTube channel with videos featuring a character named Super JoJo and his family. Plaintiff alleges that Babybus’s Super JoJo videos infringe on its copyrights, filed take-down requests with YouTube regarding at least 70 videos, and filed the instant copyright infringement…