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.)
Current Info
U.S. District Court
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
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.)
What happens next?
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?
On an even more personal note:
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
