Filed October 10, 2014
Damages may include “fair compensation for the time and money properly expended in pursuit of the property.” Cal. Civ. Code § 3336; Gladstone, 203 Cal. App. 3d at 991 (court awarded compensation to plaintiff for time spent recovering jewelry designs, including copies of designs). Plaintiffs are also entitled to imposition of a constructive trust “to prevent unjust enrichment and to prevent a person from taking advantage of his or her own wrongdoing.”
Filed October 29, 2014
Co., 105 U.S. 189 (1881) ....................................................................................................................8 Shulman v. Group W. Productions, Inc., 18 Cal. 4th 200 (1998) ............................................................................................................3, 7 Zucco Partners, LLC v. Digimarc Corp., 552 F.3d 981 (9th Cir. 2009) .....................................................................................................11 STATUTES Cal. Civ. Code § 980(a)(2) ..............................................................................................................10 Cal. Civ. Code § 3336 ...................................................................................................................2, 8 OTHER AUTHORITIES Restatement (Second) Torts (1977), § 672B, cmt. a .........................................................................3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -1- TWITTER, INC.’S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS (13-cv-00453-JST) I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs attempt to allege two claims against Twitter – intrusion on seclusion and conversion – but both fail because they lack facts establishing an invasion of their privacy interests (necessary for intrusion) by Twitter, or an impairment of their property interests (necessary for conversion).
Filed October 29, 2014
r. 2008) .....................................................................................................11 Valdez-Lopez v. Chertoff, 656 F.3d 851 (9th Cir. 2011) ...................................................................................................5, 8 Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490 (1975) ....................................................................................................................3 In re Yahoo Mail Litig., 7 F. Supp. 3d 1016 (N.D. Cal. 2014) ................................................................................ passim Yunker v. Pandora Media, Inc., No. 11-cv-03113-JSW, 2013 WL 1282980 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 26, 2013) ....................................10 Case3:13-cv-00453-JST Document521 Filed10/29/14 Page5 of 21 COOLEY LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FR AN C I SC O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Table of Authorities (continued) Page v. Statutes Cal. Civ. Code section 3336 ......................................................................................................................3, 4, 14 section 3360 ..........................................................................................................................4, 14 Case3:13-cv-00453-JST Document521 Filed10/29/14 Page6 of 21 COOLEY LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FR AN C I SC O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs’ Opposition, like their latest Complaint, continues to attack the “App Defendants” en masse.
Filed August 29, 2008
Civ. Proc. Code § 1021 (West 2008). 27 Although Cal. Civ. Code § 3336 provides that damages for conversion may include “fair compensation for the time and money properly expended in pursuit of the property,” that statute does not authorize recovery of attorney fees or litigation expenses. See, e.g., Haines v. Parra, 239 Cal. Rptr. 178, 181 (Cal.