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 ON THICK-THIN DETERMINATION IN SCOPE OF v. PROTECTION IN EXTRINSIC TEST
BABYBUS (FUJIAN) NETWORK
TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, et al.,
Defendants.
13 14 This is a copyright infringement case. On July 5, 2023, Plaintiffs Moonbug Entertainment Limited and Treasure Studio, Inc. (collectively, “Moonbug”) allege that Defendants BabyBus Co., Ltd. and BabyBus (Fujian) Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“BabyBus Tech.”) (collectively, “BabyBus”) copied Plaintiffs’ CoComelon preschool series distributed on the Internet. Trial commenced on July 5, 2023. On July 24, 2023, the Court issued and read to the jury the final jury instructions. Docket No. 562. In forming the jury instructions, the Court concluded, inter alia, that the main character of the CoComelon series, 3½-year-old JJ, was entitled to “thick” (or “broad”) rather than thin copyright…