Amaretto Ranch Breedables, LLC v. Ozimals, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS

CHARLES R. BREYER, District Judge.

This is a copyright case between business competitors who sell virtual animals in the virtual world known as Second Life. The case started when Plaintiff Amaretto Ranch Breedables filed a Complaint and sought a temporary and preliminary restraining order preventing Linden Research, Inc. from removing Amaretto’s virtual horse product line from the Second Life world in response to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Takedown Notification sent to Second Life by Defendant Ozimals, Inc. This Court…