SFC: First Update on the Vizio lawsuit

Posted Dec 6, 2021 23:47 UTC (Mon) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)
In reply to: SFC: First Update on the Vizio lawsuit by Wol
Parent article: SFC: First Update on the Vizio lawsuit

It's not obvious that Vizio has to do any such thing. Their goal is to avoid having to talk about their conduct at all. The current action says that the things SFC is suing over are basically copyright issues, so the case should rightly be treated as a copyright claim and thus be moved to federal court. Once it's removed to federal court, they'll claim that SFC has no right to bring the claim under copyright law because they aren't the copyright holder. If that argument is convincing to the federal judge, they can completely sidestep the issue of whether they violated copyright law. It's not 100% obvious they can do this, but it's not a slam dunk for SFC, either.