Larball Publishing Company, Inc. et al v. Lipa et al
Plaintiff: Larball Publishing Company, Inc. and Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc.
Defendant: Dua Lipa, Jonathan Lyndale Kirk ("Da Baby") doing business as Baby Jesus Publishing, Bosco Kante, Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson, Stephen Kozmeniuk, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC, Universal Music Corporation and Warner Music Corp.
Case Number: 1:2022cv01872
Filed: March 4, 2022
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Presiding Judge: Katherine Polk Failla
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17 U.S.C. § 101 Copyright Infringement
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 1, 2022 Opinion or Order >>>NOTICE REGARDING DEFICIENT MOTION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE. Notice to RE-FILE Document No. #29 MOTION for Benjamin Lin to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): missing Certificate of Good Standing from Supreme Court of California 415-865-7000; expired Certificate of Good Standing from Supreme Court of New Jersey; Re-file the motion as a Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice - attach the correct signed PDF - select the correct named filer/filers - attach valid Certificates of Good Standing issued within the past 30 days - attach Proposed Order. (sgz)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 29 FILING ERROR - DEFICIENT DOCKET ENTRY - MOTION for Benjamin Lin to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc., Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Affidavit, #2 Supplement NJ COGS, #3 Supplement CA COGS, #4 Supplement CO COGS, #5 Text of Proposed Order Order for Admission).(Lin, Benjamin) Modified on 8/1/2022 (sgz).
July 25, 2022 Opinion or Order >>>NOTICE REGARDING DEFICIENT MOTION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE. Notice to RE-FILE Document No. #28 MOTION for Benjamin Lin to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-26449937. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): missing Certificate of Good Standing from Supreme Court of California and Colorado; Re-file the motion as a Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice - attach the correct signed PDF - select the correct named filer/filers - attach valid Certificates of Good Standing issued within the past 30 days - attach Proposed Order. (sgz)
July 22, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 28 FILING ERROR - DEFICIENT DOCKET ENTRY - MOTION for Benjamin Lin to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-26449937. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc., Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Affidavit, #2 Supplement Certificate of Good Standing, #3 Text of Proposed Order Order for Admission).(Lin, Benjamin) Modified on 7/25/2022 (sgz).
July 5, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 27 SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED. Bosco Kante served on 6/9/2022, answer due 8/30/2022. Service was accepted by Jane Doe, Co-resident. Document filed by Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc.; Larball Publishing Company, Inc...(Brown, Jason)
June 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 26 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Jeffrey M. Movit on behalf of Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson, Stephen Kozmeniuk, Dua Lipa, Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC, Universal Music Corporation, Warner Music Corp...(Movit, Jeffrey)
June 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC..(lal)
June 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to EMI Music Publishing Ltd...(lal)
June 28, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 23 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF AMENDED SUMMONS as to SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (US) LLC, re: #1 Complaint,. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc., Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc...(Brown, Jason)
June 28, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 22 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF AMENDED SUMMONS as to EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC, re: #1 Complaint,. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc., Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc...(Brown, Jason)
June 24, 2022 Opinion or Order ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Notice to Attorney Jason Travis Brown to RE-FILE Document No. #21 Request for Issuance of Amended Summons. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): not all the filer/filers were selected for the request for issuance of summons. Re-file the document using the event type Request for Issuance of Amended Summons found under the event list Service of Process - select the correct filer/filers - and attach the correct summons form PDF. (vf)
June 23, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 21 FILING ERROR - DEFICIENT - SUMMONS REQUEST - REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF AMENDED SUMMONS as to EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC., re: #1 Complaint,. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc...(Brown, Jason) Modified on 6/24/2022 (vf).
June 22, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ELECTRONIC AMENDED SUMMONS ISSUED as to Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC..(jgo)
June 22, 2022 Opinion or Order ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Notice to Attorney Jason Travis Brown to RE-FILE Document No. #18 Request for Issuance of Summons, #17 Request for Issuance of Summons. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): summons request has previously been issued for the party at the same address; the wrong event type was selected. Re-file the document using the event type Request for Issuance of Amended Summons found under the event list Service of Process - select the correct filer/filers - and attach the correct summons form PDF. (jgo)
June 17, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 19 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: WAIVER OF SERVICE AND DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO INITIAL COMPLAINT, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 1. Subject to and conditioned upon being granted the responsive deadline set forth in Paragraph 2 below, Defendants waive service pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d), with all other objections and defenses to the Complaint expressly reserved; and 2. Defendants shall have up to and including August 30, 2022 to move, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint. SO ORDERED. (All Defendants.)( Motions due by 8/30/2022.) (Signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla on 6/17/22) (yv)
June 17, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 18 FILING ERROR - SUMMONS REQUEST - PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TO PARTY - REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (US) LLC C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC., re: #1 Complaint,. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc...(Brown, Jason) Modified on 6/22/2022 (jgo).
June 17, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 17 FILING ERROR - SUMMONS REQUEST - PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TO PARTY - REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC., re: #1 Complaint,. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc...(Brown, Jason) Modified on 6/22/2022 (jgo).
June 16, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 16 PROPOSED STIPULATION AND ORDER. Document filed by Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson, Stephen Kozmeniuk, Dua Lipa, Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC, Universal Music Corporation, Warner Music Corp...(Lepera, Christine)
June 16, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 15 ELECTRONIC AMENDED SUMMONS ISSUED as to EMI Music Publishing Ltd...(sj)
June 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 14 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF AMENDED SUMMONS as to SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (US) LLC C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC., re: #1 Complaint. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc..(Brown, Jason) Modified on 6/16/2022 (sj). Modified on 6/22/2022 (jgo).
June 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 13 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF AMENDED SUMMONS as to EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC., re: #1 Complaint,. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc...(Brown, Jason)
May 26, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 12 MEMO ENDORSEMENT on re: #11 Letter filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc. ENDORSEMENT: Application GRANTED. The Court expects Plaintiff to effectuate service promptly. Additionally, the initial pretrial conference is hereby ADJOURNED to September 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. SO ORDERED. ( Service due by 8/2/2022., Initial Conference set for 9/7/2022 at 10:00 AM before Judge Katherine Polk Failla.) (Signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla on 5/26/2022) (vfr)
May 26, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 11 LETTER addressed to Judge Katherine Polk Failla from Jason T. Brown dated 05/26/2022 re: Request for Extension of Time to Serve. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc...(Brown, Jason)
May 26, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 10 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Patrick Sidney Almonrode on behalf of Larball Publishing Company, Inc., Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc...(Almonrode, Patrick)
March 28, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Bosco Kante, Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC, Universal Music Corporation..(lal)
March 25, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 8 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Bosco Kante, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC, Universal Music Corporation, re: #1 Complaint,. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc., Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Supplement Summons, #2 Supplement Summons, #3 Supplement Summons, #4 Supplement Summons).(Brown, Jason)
March 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 7 NOTICE OF INITIAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: This case has been assigned to me for all purposes. It is hereby ORDERED that counsel for all parties appear for an initial pretrial conference with the Court on May 31, 2022, at 11:30 a.m. The conference will be held telephonically. At the scheduled date and time, the parties are to call (888) 363-4749 and enter access code 5123533. Initial Conference set for 5/31/2022 at 11:30 AM before Judge Katherine Polk Failla. Signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla on 3/14/2022) (rro)
March 7, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 6 AO 121 FORM COPYRIGHT - CASE OPENING - SUBMITTED. In compliance with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 508, the Register of Copyrights is hereby advised that a court action has been filed on the following copyright(s) in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York. Form e-mailed to Register of Copyrights. (vf)
March 7, 2022 Opinion or Order ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney Jason Travis Brown. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: Clarence Coffee Jr., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Sarah Hudson, Bosco Kante, Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Stephen Kozmeniuk, Dua Lipa, Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC, Universal Music Corporation, Warner Music Corp, Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc., Larball Publishing Company, Inc. The information for the party/parties has been modified for the following reason/reasons: party role was entered incorrectly; party text was omitted; alias party name was omitted. (vf)
March 7, 2022 Opinion or Order CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Katherine Polk Failla. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district-judges. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions..(vf)
March 7, 2022 Opinion or Order ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CIVIL. CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney Jason Travis Brown. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: County code New York; Fee Status code due (due). The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the County code has been modified to XX Out of State; the Fee Status code has been modified to pd (paid). (vf)
March 7, 2022 Opinion or Order Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein is so designated. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf. (vf)
March 7, 2022 Opinion or Order Case Designated ECF. (vf)
March 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 5 AO 121 FORM COPYRIGHT - NOTICE OF SUBMISSION BY ATTORNEY. AO 121 Form Copyright for case opening submitted to court for review..(Brown, Jason)
March 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 4 RULE 7.1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. No Corporate Parent. Document filed by Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc...(Brown, Jason)
March 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 3 RULE 7.1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. No Corporate Parent. Document filed by Larball Publishing Company, Inc...(Brown, Jason)
March 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 2 CIVIL COVER SHEET filed..(Brown, Jason)
March 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Clarence Coffee Jr., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Sarah Hudson, Bosco Kante, Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Stephen Kozmeniuk, Dua Lipa, Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC, Universal Music Corporation, Warner Music Corp.. (Filing Fee $ 402.00, Receipt Number ANYSDC-25817249)Document filed by Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc., Larball Publishing Company, Inc...(Brown, Jason)

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Plaintiff: Larball Publishing Company, Inc.
Represented By: Jason Travis Brown
Represented By: Benjamin Y Lin
Represented By: Patrick Sidney Almonrode
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Plaintiff: Sandy Linzer Productions, Inc.
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Defendant: Dua Lipa
Represented By: Jeffrey M. Movit
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Defendant: Jonathan Lyndale Kirk ("Da Baby") doing business as Baby Jesus Publishing
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Defendant: Bosco Kante
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Defendant: Clarence Coffee Jr.
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Defendant: Sarah Hudson
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Defendant: EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
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Defendant: Warner Music Corp.
Represented By: Jeffrey M. Movit
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