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Personal audio, LLC v. Nbcuniversal Media, LLC, No. 2:13-cv-00271 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 31, 2014)

Adopted in Part Report and recommendation adopted with modification
Motion to Dismiss
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:13-cv-00271, Dkt. No. 43
Decided
March 31, 2014
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Order
Docket Entry
Rodney Gilstrap on 3/31/14. (mrm, )ORDER; adopting 40 Report and Recommendations; granting in part 15 MOTION to Dismiss Affirmative Defenses and Counterclaims for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted filed by Personal A…
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

PERSONAL AUDIO, LLC §

§

Case No. 2:13-CV-271-JRG-RSP

v. § § NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC §

ORDER

Currently before the Court is the Report and Recommendation filed by Magistrate Judge Payne on March 11, 2014 (Dkt. No. 40) regarding Personal Audio’s Motion to Dismiss Defendant NBCUniversal Media, LLC (“NBC”) affirmative defenses and counterclaims for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted (Dkt. 15, filed July 22, 2013, referred to herein as the “Motion”). No objections having been filed and for the reasons set forth in the Court’s Report and Recommendation, the Recommendation is adopted. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Personal Audio’s Motion to Dismiss Defendant NBC’s affirmative defenses and counterclaims for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted (Dkt. 15) is GRANTED IN PART as to NBC’s Seventh Affirmative Defense, and DENIED as to the remainder.

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