Shande

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 TAVERSHIMA SHANDE, Case No. 22-cv-05821-BLF

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS FIRST AMENDED

v. COMPLAINT, WITH LEAVE TO

AMEND IN PART AND WITHOUT

ZOOX, INC., LEAVE TO AMEND IN PART; AND

DEFERRING ANTI-SLAPP MOTION

Defendant. [Re: ECF 32] 12 This action arises out of a dispute over the ownership of digital content that Plaintiff Tavershima Shande (“Shande”) created while employed by Defendant Zoox, Inc. (“Zoox”). Shande was employed to create digital street scenery of San Francisco for Zoox, an autonomous vehicle company that uses realistic simulations for development. During his period of employment with Zoox, Shande also created digital street scenery of San Francisco that he sold through an online marketplace operated by non-party Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”). Zoox submitted a takedown notice to Epic pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright…