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Update from MM3D!
DarthCaeser @ 4:51 pm EST
A TheOneRing.net Exclusive! You read it here first, unless your a member of MM3D's message boards ;) Bridgette Patrovsky, CEO of MM3D, has posted an update on MM3D's court case with Sierra. Bridgette was kind enough to give TheOneRing.net an exclusive on the story: In the beginning, we filed in Ca. State court. Sierra claimed a jurisdiction issue and had the case ‘removed’ to federal court in May of 2001. (Los Angeles, Ca.) U.S. District Court I believe these dates are correct but they may be off by a day or two. I’ve taken them from my personal notes. - Bridgette 05-24-01: The case was moved from State to Federal court. 06-11-01: They filed a motion to dismiss our claims. 06-18-01: We filed an opposition to their motion to dismiss. 06-25-01: They filed a response to our opposition filing. 07-03-01: Motion granted in part, denied in part. We were given leave to amend our complaint to fix it. (Note: We filed in State, not Federal, so we had to change our documents to meet the different Federal requirements.) 07-30-01: We filed an amended complaint and requested a jury trial. 08-16-01: They filed a motion to dismiss our amended (fixed) complaint. (The hearing date was set for 10am on 9-17-01) 08-30-01: We filed an opposition to their motion to dismiss. 09-10-01: They filed a response to our opposition. 09-17-01: Their motion to strike certain claims and motion to dismiss were denied by the court. (side note: They asked to have 4 claims dismissed out of the 11 we filed. All of our claims remained intact.) They file a response to our complaint. After that, the case enters what is known as the discovery phase. Discovery involves a long process of requesting documents, sending questions, taking depositions and basically, getting ready for trial. I will be keeping a daily journal and making updates regularly. The updates will be less technical, and more personal. Stuff like: How does it feel to go through this? How is this effecting everyone? I appreciate your supportive emails and calls. I wish this hadn’t happened but since it did, I am confident that we are doing the right thing. This will be a long process. (as you can see from what it took just to get to the discovery phase) Obviously, there is a lot I can’t talk about. Things have happened that aren’t mentioned above. Until the jury resolves this, I can’t give more detail. I will keep notes though and once this is over, I’ll write it all up. Thank you, Bridgette Patrovsky
Current Info
Central District of California (Western Div.)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 01-CV-4690
MM3D Inc v. Sierra On-Line Inc, et al
Filed: 05/24/01
Assigned to: Judge Christina A. Snyder
Jury demand: Defendant
Nature of Suit: 190 (civil, breach of contract)
Jurisdiction: Diversity The Timeline
What happens next?
On an even more personal note: