Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 70.252.19.216
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EUREKA DIVISION 7 8 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 24-cv-00437-YGR (RMI)
9 Plaintiff,
ORDER ON EX PARTE APPLICATION
10 v. FOR LEAVE TO SERVE THIRD-
PARTY SUBPOENA PRIOR TO RULE
11 JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP 26(F) CONFERENCE
ADDRESS 70.252.19.216,
12 Re: Dkt. No. 6 Defendant. 13 14 INTRODUCTION 15 “Plaintiff, Strike 3 Holdings, LLC (“Strike 3” or “Plaintiff”) is the owner of original, 16 award-winning motion pictures featured on its brand’s subscription-based adult websites.” Appl. 17 (Dkt. 6) at 9. Plaintiff alleges that the Doe defendant (or “Defendant”) here — who uses the IP 18 address 70.252.19.216 — infringed on Plaintiff’s content by illegally distributing a large number 19 of Plaintiff’s movies. Id. Plaintiff came to this information by way of proprietary forensic software 20 which identified the IP address, but not the Defendant’s true identity. Id. Now, Plaintiff “seeks 21 …