November 21, 2008: Our Copyright Reply
On November 21, 2008, we filed our
reply to Katzer's opposition to our motion for
preliminary injunction (see
previous item), along with a
declaration and a number of
exhibits. We point out his mistatements of
facts and law, and use his own exhibits to demonstrate that his
story of why he thought he can use the JMRI decoder definitions isn't right.
We also filed a
motion to strike
parts of Katzer's and Russell's declarations. Although they
should be allowed to tell their story, they aren't allowed to just
assert things without justifying them.
The motion requests that the Judge disallow certain of their statements.
Katzer and Russell talk about their beliefs that Jacobsen infringed and that the
'329 patent was valid, but they didn't state the basis for this belief,
which is required by the rules.
Under the rules, Jacobsen is entitled to have those statements stricken.
We expect that Katzer will
respond to this pretty soon, and we'll post that when it becomes available.