EcoDisc Technology AG v. DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corp.

ORDER RE: MOTIONS TO DISMISS

MARIANA R. PFAELZER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this unfair competition case, the licensor of a new technology for manufacturing thin optical discs (EcoDisc Technology AG or “Plaintiff’) sues the optical disc standard-setting organization • (“DVD Forum”) and the corporation that licenses that DVD Format standard and DVD Logo (DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation or “DVDFLLC”)(colleetively, “Defendants”) to disc replicators worldwide. The First Supplemental Complaint (“FSC”) alleges Defendants have threat ened all disc replicators that if they manufacture the…