Gutierrez
Innovative Sports Management, Inc. v. Gutierrez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 INNOVATIVE SPORTS MANAGEMENT, Case No. 22-cv-05793-BLF
INC.,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT v. Re: ECF No. 29 GUSTAVO J. GUTIERREZ, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Innovative Sports Management, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) brought the instant action against Defendants Gustavo J. Gutierrez and Mangos Mexican Grill LLC (together, “Defendants”), alleging that Defendants unlawfully intercepted and exhibited a program to which Plaintiff had secured the exclusive rights for commercial distribution. See Compl., ECF No. 2. Based on this alleged conduct, Plaintiff brought claims for conversion and violations of 47 U.S.C. § 553, 47 U.S.C. § 605, and California Business and Professions Code §§ 17200, et seq. See id. ¶¶ 17–49, ECF No. 2. Defendants were both served with the Complaint on December 7, 2022, and their deadline to respond fell on December 28, 2022. See Proofs of Service, ECF Nos. 14, 15. To …