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In Chavez v. Netflix, Inc., ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Apr. 21, 2008), the Court of Appeal (First Appellate District, Division One) rejected the objectors' ... some past customers might be induced to resume their lapsed subscriptions, the potential for Netflix to actually benefit financially from the settlement is much reduced compared to a pure coupon discount ... plaintiff's case weighed against the amount of the settlement. (See Synfuel Technologies, Inc. v. DHL Express (USA), supra, 463 F.3d at p. 653.) ...

... Counsel $2 Million in Attorney Fees California State Court Holds Plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit against Netflix, Inc. alleging false advertising in advising customers that, for a flat monthly fee, it would send them "unlimited" DVD rentals ... .4th 43, 75 Cal.Rptr.3d 413, 418 (Cal.App. 2008). Specifically, the class action charged that "Netflix was employing sophisticated algorithms to prioritize the allocation of its DVD's to its lowest-consuming members with the effect that high-consuming ...

... ,252 Approach for managing rental items across a plurality of distribution locations Assignee: Netflix, Inc. 1. A method for managing digital versatile discs (DVDs) carrying movies ... Priority disclaimed. The app was originally submitted as a C-I-P claiming priority back to Netflix's first patent, 6,966,484, which was filed in September 2002. ... language. PAIR does not indicate any parent application. So by doing this, Netflix may have gained over a year of patent term (this app was filed in December ...

Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc. said it settled a patent dispute with rival Netflix Inc. that challenged Blockbuster's entry into online DVD rental, but it signaled that the new business was taking a toll on its finances. Blockbuster will not make changes to its Web site or business model as a result of the patent lawsuit settlement, a spokeswoman said. Read the article: Reuters

... 135 Cal.App.4th at pp. 711-713; Wershba v. Apple Computer, Inc. (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 224, 247; Dunk, supra, 48 ... appellate justices followed that route to the appellate bench. In any case, if the panel in Netflix had been interested in getting up on the soapbox to pillory coupon settlements, they ... of swinging, they brushed off most of the criticism. That isn't intended to suggest that the Netflix decision described coupon settlements as "fantastic." The Court simply noted that coupon settlements ...

Los Angeles, CA - Jacoby Entertainment, Ltd. sued Netflix, Inc. and Tango Entertainment, Inc. over releas and distribution of "I Am Waiting No More" motion ... production was completed soon thereafter and the movie was released in theatres in 1973. Plaintiff alleges that Netflix has been renting unauthorized copies of the motion picture under the changed name of " ... original picture when he was in his 20's. The case is Jacoby Entertainment, Ltd. v. Netflix, Inc. et al., CV09-7557 PA (C.D. Cal. 2009).

... , is being sullied by two gay pornographic movies using the same name, a lawsuit claims. International Media Films Inc. accused Manhattan filmmaker Andrei Treivas Bregman of trademark and copyright infringement for the porn films he made under ... promotion it used in December to target customers of rival online movie-order service Netflix Inc. Blockbuster said Thursday that through next Wednesday, current Netflix subscribers who bring in flaps from that company's movie-return envelopes can get free ...

... darn if it's not a whole lotta fun.) Kuhl v. Guitar Center Stores, Inc., Slip Copy, 2008 WL 656049 (N.D.Ill. Mar. 5, 2008) Francisco ... 649124 (S.D.Fla. Jan. 31, 2008) Cima v. WellPoint Health Networks, Inc., 2008 WL 746916 (S.D.Ill. Mar. 18, 2008) Betz v. Trainer ... Copy, 2008 WL 1808545 (N.D.Cal. Apr. 22, 2008) Chavez v. Netflix, Inc., 2008 WL 1777550 (Cal. App. 1 Dist. Apr 21, 2008) ... 2008 WL 961272 (D.Kan., Apr 09, 2008)( Hafford v. Equity One, Inc., Slip Copy, 2008 WL 906015 (D.Md., Mar 31, 2008)

... . . . .Not all of his moves have paid off. In late 2004, Icahn disclosed he became the biggest shareholder in Blockbuster, Inc. and quickly pushed for changes at the movie rental chain to compete with online competition like Netflix, Inc. Since then, Blockbuster's stock has fallen from about $10 a share to less than $5. I have not had the opportunity to review a copy of Icahn's complaint, but based on the reporting, it appears that the ...

... Blockbuster Inc. announced publicly its offer to purchase electronic retailer Circuit City Inc. Blockbuster has been in talks with Circuit City for months regarding an acquisition. [1] On February 17, 2008 Blockbuster ... competition with various growing video rental alternatives on the rental market, such as mail-order DVDs from Netflix Inc., video-on-demand from cable services, and the sale of DVD's. [7] Circuit City also has been fighting a losing battle against its competitors, Best Buy and Wal ...