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Tracking Was Sued For Source Code Now Case
Law and Github Cite for Disclosure
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 26 – Sportvision Inc. sued
Major League Baseball Advance
Media in 2018, for allegedly
stealing its technology.
Since then, 150
docket entries and two
interested parties: Hawk-Eye
Innovations North America and
TrackMan, Inc.
On
November 25 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrate Judge Debra C.
Freeman held a four-hour
discovery proceeding. Inner
City Press covered it.
There was talk about seeking
information from Denmark under
the Hague Convention. There
were questions about how a
pitch is tracked, from hand to
catcher's glove or
bat.
Finally
representing MLB Advanced
Media LP Allyson Julien of
Goldman Ismael in Chicago said
it was up to the plaintiffs to
say what their trade secrets
are, not to poke around in
MLB's documents to find things
and "reverse engineer"
them.
Judge
Freeman said she would now go
through the docket ruling on
outstanding motions. Much of
the docket was sealed -- and
still is.
Jump cut to May
26, 2022 - the case has been
transferred to new Magistrate
Judge Valerie Figuerdo. She
told they parties she is
reviewing the still pending
motions, including one for
Rule 11 sanctions. That is by
MLB, insisting that did not
have any obligation to
continue the operation of
PITCHf/x after 2016. She said
that argument will be in
person.
On August 19,
Judge Figueredo held another
lengthy discovery conference.
Afterward, on August 25,
counsel for the plaintiff
SportsMEDIA Technology Corp.
sent in a letter with case law
supporting its request for
source code changelogs - and
included a link to github.
The case is
Sportvision, Inc et al v. MLB
Advanced Media L.P.,
18-cv-3025 (Gardephe /
Figuerdo)
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