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Judge dismisses Vizio's call for summary judgment

SFC files own “Motion for Summary Adjudication”

January 3, 2024

A very welcome victory in our case against Vizio was presented last week. Judge Sandy Leal denied Vizio's Motion for Summary Judgment, allowing the case to proceed in state court. The Order echoes SFC arguments in court that the claim is not preempted by copyright law and that consumers like SFC have standing to enforce the GPL as third-party beneficiaries to the GPL — without any action by copyright holders of copylefted code.

SFC's General Counsel, Rick Sanders, its outside lawyers, Naomi Jane Gray and Don Thompson, and Policy Fellow, Bradley Kuhn, posing outside at the courthouse“

SFC counsel and Policy Fellow posing outside the courthouse - CC BY-SA 4.0

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