Federal Magistrate Judge Requests Briefing On Copyright Defenses

(August 7, 2017, 4:07 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal magistrate judge on Aug. 4 directed Conan O’Brien and other copyright infringement co-defendants to file a proposed amended answer and supplemental brief justifying their request to reopen discovery in the case, based upon representations by plaintiff’s counsel that an underlying copyright registration will be canceled or corrected (Robert Alexander Kaseberg v. Conan O'Brien, et al., No. 15-1637, S.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123703)....