Logan
Logan v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DON RAMEY LOGAN, Case No. 22-cv-01847-CRB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v.
DISMISS
META PLATFORMS, INC., Defendant.
After the Court dismissed his claims in its first order, Plaintiff Don Ramey Logan (“Logan”) brings a second amended complaint in this action. See Logan v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 22-CV-01847-CRB, 2022 WL 14813836 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 25, 2022) (“Logan I”); SAC (dkt. 35). Logan repleads most of his claims—direct infringement, secondary infringement, Lanham Act claims, and claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”)—with a new factual basis, a convoluted combination of the “check-in” and “prefetching” functionalities on Facebook. See SAC ¶¶ 2, 6, 31, 44. Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) challenges all but the direct infringement claims relating to the copyrighted images specifically identified in the second amended complaint. See Mot. (dkt. 36). Because the challenged claims fare no…