[Jmri-legal-announce] JMRI Hearing report

[Bob J. <rg...@pa...>]

We had a hearing before the Judge yesterday, December 19th, 2008. 
Three motions were addressed:

* Katzer's Motion to Dismiss the patent actions for mootness [1]

* Katzer's Motion[2] to dismiss the DMCA and contract causes of 
action, and strike certain damages

* Bob Jacobsen's Motion[3] for preliminary injunction to prevent 
further copyright violations

Two days before, the Court had provided a Notice of Tentative Ruling 
and Questions[4], which provided some background for what was going 
to happen.

The Judge quizzed both sides about the questions he'd previously 
provided, plus some additional questions. There was about 90 minutes 
of discussion. He then took the case under submission, which means 
he'll give his decision in a written ruling at a later date. We'll 
send an update when that happens.

Links:
[1] <http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/docket/203.pdf>
[2] <http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/docket/192.pdf>
[3] <http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/docket/236.pdf>
[4] <http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/docket/279.pdf>

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