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bOlln! duslllns In Il~Chlln!!U lhl' PIIYl11Ontol'survl00s, 1'11I1ntlfl\1I1111ll1 plIl'chnso conouPlllcslllns or
wllrk prodllct off)cl'cnlllll1t's cmployccH,
9, Dcnlcel, Pclundlllll did not n!!I'OO tll provldo rlghtH 10 !!I'l\phlc dosl!!nH Inlonlls of
Pelondnl1t Inlullucllllll proporly rI!!hlH IIlon!! wllh fhelllOdlllln which lho deHIlll1S lire stol'od,
10, Donled, Dulumlnnt IIHod lhoh' own Clllllplllel' sysloms to dcsl!!n mlel Pl'llcess 1111
811I110 bOllrdH, Dufondnnlonly nsed tho "plollor" lon1Orol)' pl'lnt tho bOlll'ds lhl' 1'11I1nlll'1',
II, Donlor!, Pllllnllfl' Indupondonlly 01' nnllllfllrnll)' tnl'mlllnted slIl(lnIlI'Oon]llnt,
12, Denlcd ns to thenso of tho wOl'd lorlllnl, A lolcphllnlc I'Cll"ost WIIS Illnde,
I~, !Jonled, Dolcndnnl hils IIgreod 10 1'0lul'lll'llIlntln"s oqlllpmont 01100 IIl1monlos due
Defondlll1t, dosorlbod horoll1, 111'0 pllld In HilI,
14, Donlod, Dofcndl\nt provldod nl1ofhol' plollol'llfoqulvl\lon\ ellpnhllltles nnd Pllllntlff
hn8 tho enpllblllly to prodneo his OWI1 Ilnll10 bOllrds,
15, Donlod, Defondnnt hils n "moohlll1los lien" 011 Plnlntlfl"H equlpll10nlto
. mnlntonnneo, mpnlrs, prolll'llnHl1lnll, 010,
Thol'o/hro, I l'eqnosl Plnlntlfl's Complnlllt be dismissed,
N1\W MATTER AND C()(JNTI~IWl.Ali'I'\
16, Dofondllntlnoorpol'L\tos by relorolloe pnl'L\!!l'lIphs I through 15,
17, [Jolendnnl hils provldod I11nlnlenlllloo, rcpnlrs, IInd suppllos 1'01' the I'lnlntlfrs
equipment 1'01' wl)leh I'lnlntIJl'hlls fhlled to I11nko propel' pllyment fnlhe IIlllount ot' FOl/rteon
Thousnnd ($14,000) Dollnrs, SlIld Involees tobo pl'Oduecd lit the henrlng In this I11l1lter,
Ill, On or IIbout.luly 199H, Plnlntlfr cntel'cd fnto nn ol'lll ngreel11entto slore
Dcfendunt's equlpmonl, supplies IIncl produets In their flllJllltles, A IIHt ot'tho equipment will bo
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6, f11~lntlff owns Oartrldges with stelllS eleslgned for the In~ Pellvery System (hereln~fler
"Oflrtrldges") vahloet at $360,00,
6, The Plo!ler, Oomputer Pis lIe tills, 11111 POllvery System anel Oartrlcloos (herolnflfler oollectlvely
re(!lrrecl to as "Eq~i1pment") are prlilSen!ly In tho POfjsesslon of Pafencll.1nt, loo~ted l.1t 3607 Rosemant
Avel1l.lo, Oflmp 1-1111, Ow,llJerland Oounty, Penl1sylvanlfl 17011,
7, On or flllOut June 16, 1007 Plfllnllff pmclmsed the Equipment for the purpose of graphically
cleslOl1lng und ml.1nufaoturlng game hoards,
a, On or ahout ,June, '100", Plulntlff entered Into an oral agreement with Defel1dElI1t Whereby
Defol1QElI1t Elgreed to orElphlcalty design and ml.1nllfaohlrfJ sElld gElme hOElrds In exohange for pElyment of
services,
0, At or about the time PIIllntlff entered Into the oral agreement referenoed In Paragraph 8,
Plalnllff flgreedlo provide to Defendant the Equlpmenl BO flS to facilitate graphlo design and manufaoture of
the oame boarclfl,
10, Defendant has UBeel Plaintiff's Equipment 10 deslon and manufl10ture Ol1me hoards for
Plaintiff.
11, on or about Fllbruf1ry, 1009, Plaintiff and Pefendanl mutually terminated the oral agreoment
whereby Defendant would no longer deslon or monufaoture game boards on hehl1lf of Plaintiff,
12, On 01' about March 1, 1009, Plaintiff, throuoh his underslgn~d attorneys, made a formal
request to Defendant requestlnO Defendant Qllow Plaintiff to relalle possosslon of the Equipment.
13, DefandQnt hQS repeatedly reJeoted Plaintiff's reqUBsts to retalle possesalon of the Equipment,
14, Defendant's wrongful detention of the EqUipment has prevented Plaintiff from producing his
own game boards and has resulleelln slonlflcQntloss of I'OvenUe for Plaintiff.
15, DefondQnt's wrongful detention of PlalntlH's Equipment has been outrageous, willful, wElnton
anelloI' In raollless dlsreoard to PlalnllH's rights and Plaintiff therefore seells recovery of punlllve damages,
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G, Plulnllll owns Omtrldges with stems eleslgnerj lor Ihe Inll [.)llllvary System (herelnaflllr
"Ourlrldges") VUhllHt nl $380,00,
6, Thll PloUer, Compllter DlslleUes, Inll Dellvury System <md Ol1r1rlduell (herelnafler colleclIvelY
relerreel It) us "~qlllpment") rHll preat1nlly In th\3 possession 01 Pelendunt, locuteet ul 3607 Rosemont
Avenue, Oump Hili, OllmberlAnd COllnty, Pennsylwmla 1'(011,
7, on or UhOll\ .June 16, 1997 Plalntlfl purclmsecllhe ~qlllpmenl lor the purposll of gmphlnully
dealgnlng andmf1nufuolllrlng gunlrl homels,
0, 011 01' l1POllt ,June, '1007, PIl1lnllff enlereellnto nn oral aureel11ant with Pefendun\ Whereby
Defendanl ugreed 10 umphlcally deslun nnrl l11l1nllfaoture aald glUno boarels In exohnn[Je for payment of
services,
0, At 01' uhollt Ihe lime Plalnllll ontered Inlo Ihe oral agreement relerenced In Para[Jraph 0,
Plulntlff ameed to provlele 10 Defendnnllhe ~qulpment so as 10 fllcllllate grllphlc eleslgn and manufaolul'e of
the [Jume boards,
10, Delendanl hus used Plalntlll's Equipment to deslun and manufElclure game boards for
PIEllntlll,
11, On or about fepruflrY, 1000, PIEllntlfl Elnd pefandElnt muluEllly lermlnElled tile oral Elgreemenl
Whereby DefendElnt would no longer design or manufaolure [Jame boards on belmll of Plelnllff,
12, On or about Mmch 1, 1900, 1'll1lntlff, through his undarslgned atlorneys, mEltle a lormal
requelll to Defendant requesting Defendanl allow Plaintiff to relEllle possession of the Equipment.
13, Defendant hEls repeElledly reJeotlld Plaintiff's requesls 10 rata lIe possession of the ~qulpl1lent.
14, DefondElnt's wrongful detention of the ~qulpment has prevented Plnlntlff from produolng his
own gElmO homds Elnd has rosulted In slgnlflcElIlt loss of ravenue for PIEllntlff.
15, Defendcltlt's wrongful detention of Plaintiff's Equipment hrm been outrageous, willful, wanlon
nnd/or In reokloss cllsregard to Plaintiff's rights and PlnlntlH theraforo seells recovery of punitive dEllnages,
AH 111\lHt Illlelluotllnl proporty OIlHeH nl'u Illlgnlud Illlho Foduml COllrlH II vnsl
11111111111101' PI'OlJUdolltlll1 OIlHO IlIw hllH hUOll dorlvod li'ol1llho C'npYI'lght Acl 01' 1976,
17 lJ,H,C, ~ 10\ ct.Hull'
Alllllllllogy clll1nlHo hu d1'llwI1 hulwool1l1111 hllHllloHlIllrl'llllgul1lcnl of'thu
pnl'lloH hOl'ol1l (IIH Chwl1lllgh) WOllld IIl'gllO IH doolll11ol1lcd by ItH propoHlllloltor
dnlod Ooool11hol' 9, 191)6) nlld lho "Hpuollllly cOl1ll11lHHloncd wlll'kH" IIN dlHcI1HHed In
Sllolloll 101 of'lho Copyright Aclol' \976; 17 I J,S,C, fi 101. These W(l\'~;H mu
dool11ud 10 bo W01'l~H mudo Ihl' hlro II' thu cOl11l1llHHlonlng pnl'ly lI11d lhu porSol1(H)
cl'ollllllg Huch wmks ngrlloln wrlllng Ihllllho worl~ will bu HIl Irolllud IInd Il'Ihu
wol'l~ IlIIIH wlthlllnllle um1l1101'1I10d clllogol'loH OI'W01'l~H, 1.0" II conll'lbullonloll
oolloollVll WOl'k, II plll'lof' II l11otloll plcllll'O 01' olhol' lIudlovlsunl work, II Il'lInHlllllon,
II HuppI11111011IIlI'Y WOl'k, II COl11pllllllon, 1I11lnHII'Uullonlllluxl, 1I10HI, IInH\VOt' I11l1lul'lnl
fhl' IIlesl, 01' 1111 III Ins, ThuH, HlllOO l110sl WOl'I~H will nol 1IIIIInlo IIny 01' IhoHo
Ol11tl11ol'lItmllllllogOl'los, In 1110HI CIIHOS workH Cl'ulltod by conHllllllnlH (1.0, Clnolllllglo)
PUI'Hllllnllo II HpOCllI1 cOl11l11lsNlon, \Jllnnnl bo deol11od 10 be WOl'kH Illlldu 1'01' hll'u
OVOIl If'lhe plll'lloH IIgl'ee In wrlllng Ihlll Ihoy Hhllll be HO tl'elltod, In Huch n CIIHe Ihe
ownOl' of'lho oopYl'lghlln Ihc WOl'k will bo doolllud 10 be tho oonHultllnl, un loss Iho
IIgl'ool11onl bolweonlho plll'tloH clln bo deul11ed to bo IIn IIHHlgnl11entol'lho llopyl'lghl
to Ihe hiring plll'ly, CillllllllUlIJ,yji1t' CI'OIl!lY!t.l'Silll:Y.illlellco v, Holy, tf90 U,S, 730
(1989), Clnol11l1glc Is clolll'ly tho cOl1ll11lHHlonod plll'ty IInd ownH thu InlollectulIl
pl'oPI)l'ly, In I\n II11111os1 IdonllcllllilctulIl Hccnlll'lo IIH Ihe llil.W CIIHO.
ClllIIl'Iy tho llvlduncc pl'usontod by CllIollllIglc lit tho hCllrlllg InlhlH nlllllul',
dOl11onsll'lIlos II VIIsl dllTel'oncu In Ihe Inllllll"oullIl1o" of'1I gll1110 bOlll'd VCI'HUS Ihe
cOll1plolod pl'oduct pl'Oducod thl'Ough doslgn HOl'vlCOH (IntellcctulI\ pI'Opol'!Y) of'
Clnctl1l1glc, Addltlonlllly ItlH ChlOl11l1glc's bollot'thlllltH' pl'OpllHllllellot' or
Dllecll1blll' 9, 1996 cleal'ly outlined tho ownol'shlp or Its' pl'oduotllnd design
sel'vlcos.
An ElIstcl'l1 DIHI. or PII, eliSe, I.1mploli,MlgL C!h.Y.LiJl.bJ1l.lliili;j~lill:lclllol's
1 H4 F, Supp 2H5 (1960) held Ihllllllustl'lltlons In pllllntll'l"s copyl'lghl catlllog
pl'Oduced by photo ongl'l1vlng ol'lglnnl pon-llnd-Ink line dl'llwlngs specllllly Pl'ePlll'Cd
Ihl' plulntll'!' nnd hnvlng II dlHtlnglllshnble vnl'lntlonln lllTnngcl110nllllld Il1nnnet' of
pl'fJsontntlon by I'enson of dnd, bnckgl'Ound, pnl'tlculllI' size or lollem uHed, tholt'
apnclng, und ll1'1'nng!.lI1wnt lnlhree rows, guve lIw produot Independent IHlthorshlp
Wtll'lhr ol'prntectlon ugulnst ooprlng, The ollllrl held Iho plnlnlll'l'wuH enlillod to
un In.l\ll1\lllonrcalrnll1lng n eOl11pell(lll' fi'ol11 \Jopylng sneh II I llalrnllolls nnd ~lrnwlngs
Thla cnae III all11l1l1l' 10 the ella\l1l111l\1HI, Inlhllt Clnemnglc 1I1'1'lIl1god tho eoln
honl'da pl'oa\lnlntlol1, I11nl11101' 01' Ilealgnlllld bnckgl'l1llnd, nnd size Ill' lellel'ing, nnd
evonlhollghllhey hnven'l npplled nil' n Ihl'mnl eopYI'lghl, Iholl' redoalgn etc, lalholt'
Intolloollllll pmpel'ty Ihnl III wpYl'lghlnblp,
As 1'0lcI'cnccd hOl'ein below, ChHll11l1glc Isallell n pl'oposnllo pllllnlln~s Ihlll
ape'Jll1unlly atnlos Iho tOl'ma ol'the I'elntlonahlp IInd thnt Iho pllllnlllT Hnl'vey ololll'ly
would only own Iho !illlIlplolmLI2l12!lllill, nllllho delllgn 01' II, FIIl'lhcl'lllol'o,
Clnol11l1glc dOlllgn III Mnelnlollh eOl11pnllblllll1l eOl11pnl'od 10 Iho plnlntln~1l IBM
olll11pntlblllty roqull'onlllnl.
2, Chullllnglo'N ClllllltCI'clnhn IN cntill'cCllhlc,
Tho bnsls fill' Clnol11l1glc's oOlllltel'cllll111Is 42 Pn, C,S,A" Pn ({,C,P, 1082
(n):2. whleh nlll1Ws Ihl' n.\JOlllllel'cllllllllllll I'eplovln noli on. I I' the gooda Ihnt nl'e tho
allb.lcot oflho coulltorclnll11l\1'c pl'otectod by nlloll, However, Ihollolll1lUsl ollhol'
bo recognizod by slntllle 01' cOl1ll1l01llnw us cl'cnlod by IIgl'eel11ont. Courts hnve
IIl10wcd lIells nSHortod us couIllerclnll1ls In l'IJplevltl IIctlons I f such 1I0llH woro
IIrtlsnlls' 1I0lls 01' 11l0chnnlcs' liens, Mltchell v MoKollnlli 284 SlIpOI' Ct. 469. 426 A
2d 142, (19981); EJ.m1..tlllL.Jl!lnK.llllft1.0 MolQr Co, 43 ()+C 2d, 698, (1966),
For~LMolol' Crodlt Co, v, CIlIuzzg, 564 A,2d 931. 387 Pu, Supor, 561
ClllollllIglc cOlllonds thnt II hilS two bllsls 10 onflJl'co Its countel'clnll1l, (I) n
l1l0chunlcs lion ulld (2) ugl'eel11onl bclwoen the pnrtles,
Clnollluglc pel'fbrl1lcd l1l1l11l1ellllllce nlld olhel' servlcos on plnlntl fl's
plottel'/pdlllor In tho IIIlHllInt or $14.000, This WIIS evldonced by tho Invoices lhul
Wel'e pl'eplll'ed und dlsclIssed wllh plulntll'l' II10ng with l11ulnlenuncollnd supply
chlll'ges Ihl' IIno/her ofplulnllfl's plottel's IInd/ol' complltel'S,
Jnhn$ol" nnfflo, ~townl't .~ W\lhhllll'
U)'I ))"vlcl W, ))01.\100
1.0, No. 41687
Uy: MlohIlOI.I, CnHHIc\y
J,l), No, 82164
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(717) 761-4540
MAY P 199960 ((; ((>> [f5)lf
Al\llrnoYH for Pl"lnlifr SOlin W, U"rvoy
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IN THI: OOURT OF OOMMoN PI.J:AS OF
OUMf3J:RI.ANP OOUNlY, PF.NNSYI.VANIA
NO. 09-'171 0
OIVIL AOTloN - ~AW
IN RJ:PLF.VIN
OINF.MAGIO, INo"
Defendanl
Pl..AINTIFF'S f3RII3F IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR WRIT OF SEIZURI3
AND NOW, thle ~ J" dew of Mny, 1000, comee Plalnllff, BO\1tt W, HEllvey, through hie undersigned
attorneys, nnd flies this brief In support of Mallon for Writ of Seizure,
I, PROoeDURAl. BAOI<GROUND
On Maroh 23, 1900, Plaintiff Initiated Ihls ReplevIn nollon by fIling a Oomplnlnt and Motion for Writ of
Seizure In the Court of Common Pleas of Oumberlnnd County, The Oomplalnt sBel(s the relum of certain
equlpmenl, InclUding a plotler, a Imge capacity Inl( delivery system, Inl( cartridges, and computal' diskettes
with gl'aphlo deslgne etored Ihereln, all of whloh are In the possession of the Defendant, On April 1, 10f)o,
Defendant flied a timely Answer 10 Plaintiff's Oomplalnt In Replevin, Defendant also flied New Matter and
Oountel'olalmalleglng Defendant has lien In the property to the extent Defendant had not been reimbursed
by Plaintiff for service and maintenance to the eqUipment velued al $14,000, On April 26, 1000, Plaintiff
filed an Answer to Defendant's New Matter and Coulllerolalrn gllnsl'ally denYing Defendant's claim of a lien
against the properly,
On April 20, '1909, n hearing was held on Plaintiff's Mol/on for Writ of Seizure pursuant 10 Pa,R,C,P,
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No, 1075,1, At the hemlno, I)lalntlff anrl PefenclElI1t stlplllale[l III the relllrn to Plaintiff of the plotler, Illmll
oapaollY Inll rlellvery sYlllem, ollp an exploalon soflwme, andlhe Oorel Stooll Photo l-Iprary 1, Plelntlff I1nel
DefenclE1I1t prllsanted testimony regllrcUng the pllslness rell1t1onshlp between the pflrtles, At the ponoluslpn
of the hearing, the cour! orderocl the retLlrn of the equipment to whloh tile pmtles lU1d stlpulllterl llnd
wllhheld Illdgment as to the return of the COmplller dlslls containing graplllo Informllt1on, The oourllnvlled
both parties to supmlt wllhln sev~n days legElImemorllncla addressing Emy outstanding Issues or conoerns,
II. FAOTUAI.. I3AOI<:GROUNP
Pllllntlff Is the proprlator of Oolns Unllmlled, Ino" whloh dllslgns and procluolls gllmes of chanoe
whloh are sold 10 distributors located throughout the Unlled Sllltes, The oames of ohE1I1oe are generally sold
to non-profit organizations whloh are permitted under various state laws 10 run games of ohanoe for the
purpose of raising funds for the non-profit organization, J:aoh slate has Its own rules and regulations whloh
slrlotly regulate suoh gaming In lerms of Ihe manner In whloh the gamll Is run and Ihe probGlbllltlell of pay
out, As suoh, Plaintiff deolons each game so as to comply with stale gf1mlng regulations, Furtllelmore,
Plaintiff hall primary and ulllmate control over the graphloal daolgn of eaoh game Inlerms of Iheme, oontent,
lE1yout, and design,
Sometime In late 1006, Plaintiff contaoted Defendant for the purpose of produolng the graphloally
designed game board fEloes, Defendant olalms that It faxed to Plaintiff E1 proposed oontraot outlining the
terms and conditions of the proposed buslnes8 E1frangement, However, Ihe pElrlles agreed Plaintiff never
signed a contmot, Plaintiff and Defendant entered Into an oral agreement by whloh Defendant agreed to
asslet Plaintiff In producing the graphically designed game bomd fE1ces,
For a period of approximatelY two years, Plaintiff and Defendant enjoyed a mutually rewarding
business relationship, Plaintiff would develop a concept for a now board which would alien bo speolncally
designed for a pertloulal' customer In a given slato, Plaintiff would then talle this Idea to Defendant for the
purposo of translating the concopt and design to a computer layout, Tl1la stop was necessary because the
teohnoloololllly QdVmloo(1 prlnlerB Imown tla "plottera" WO~II(l print tho oomputer layoi1t, Defenclal1t'a oraphlo
arUata WOlll(llranalllte PlalnUff'a ooncepland dealon to tha oompular, ualno Plalnllrf's aO,nWar{3, and would
not print the Oame poard fllofla unUI Plalnllff gave fimll approval, The orephloally (lealoned oame poard
f<lcea werlllhen alored on oomputer dlsllellea, Plalnurf Paid Defendant $40 per hour for thla 1'101'11,
In June 1 e07, Plalnllrf Ilulhorlzed Defendant 10 purollflae Ihe aubjeot plotler, IElroe oapaclty Inll
delivery aystem, ollp art oxploslon sonware, Eln(1 Oorel Stoole Photo 1.lbmry 1, Defendant aentlrwolcBs No,
~411 anti NO, 3416 requesllng pElymenl for the aforemenllonfJd Items, PI<llnllff promplly paid Ihese lIems
by oheoll on July 10,1007, PIEllntlff purohasedlhllse lIems for Pefendanlto use In connecllon with Ihe worle
Defenrlant waB dolno on behalf of PlalnUff,
Aa was shmdElrd prooedure, Pefenclant blllerl Plalnllff usually on a monthly bElsls, Defendant
,
regUlarly billed Plaintiff at an hourly rate of $40 for pomputer layout worll as well as servlolng and
malnlalnlno the equipment. Furtharmol'e, PefenctElnt reoularly billed PIEllnllrf for slooll and supplies Inoludlng
speolallzed glossy paper and Inll,
Sometime In November 1006, Ms, Louise Hanley notified Pllllntlff IIlllt she forgot 10 bill Plaintiff
$6,000 for Ink and paper lltlllzed over the previous 16 monlhs, Ms, Hanley lator gave Plalnllff a printout of
un-billed expenses totaling $32,461,B6, Plalnllff refused to pay for Ihe un-billed supplies, Oonsequently,
Plaintiff Elnd Defendant lermlnaled their business relallonshlp, Defendant sUbsequenlly refused to return
the equlpmenl subJeot to this IlIlgallon unlll Plalnllff paid the un-billed supplies, Oonsequently, Plaintiff
Inlllaled this Elollon In Replevin,
ISBUo No, I,
ISSuol Doos Plaintiff havo propl'lotary Intol'ost In tho gl'aphloallY deslgnod gamo board faoos
whloh aro stored on oomputor dlsl(s whloh al'o In Dofondllnt's possosslon?
Suggostod Answol'l Yos, Plaintiff has E1 proprietary Interest In the (Jllme board faces stored on the
computer tJlsl\ll because the game board faoos were cOllceptllllllzed alld designed by Plaintiff,
PlsPllBslol1
Tl1a United Statas Oopyrlol1t l-aw sllltes tlllll "OopYrlpl1t In 11 worll proteoleq under this title vasts
Inlllally In Ihe aulhor or authors of tlw worl(, The autl10rs of II )olnl warll are co-owners of copyright In the
worll," 17 U,S,O,A, ~201(1l), Graphic worlls, ouch ElS the orElphlcally desloned game board fflees developeq
by Plaintiff, are protaeleq byeopyrlOhl, 17 U,S,C,A, ~102(a)(6),
Plillntlff Is owner of copyright proteollon In the grapl1lcally deslgnsd game boarels beceuse PIEllntlff
conceptualized, designed find gllve flnlll llpprovlll for ellch Lwl every gome bOElrd face prlnled by
Defendant, As Plaintiff testified during the hell ring, l1e, or one of his employees, would contElct Dllfendllnt
with an Initial gllme board face design Elnd Illyoul, Defenqant's employee would then translate tl1fl design
concept and layout Into a computer format. The complller f'ormElI would tl1en require subsequent editing
and l'e-deslgn pursuant to PllllnUff's Instruotlon, Once the computer layout satisfied Plaintiff In terms of his
orlglnlll cancepl and dealgn, PllllnUff would then give his approval to print tile game boarel faoes, As suoh,
Plalnllff exel'olsed oomplete control over the artlstlo development and design of Ihe final produot,
Oonsequently, Plaintiff retEllns proprletflry Interest and copyright proleotlon In each of Ihe game board faces
printed at Defendant's faollllY,
Oefendllnt argues thllt Pllllnmf hired DefendElnl ElS an Independent oontrElclor to design and print the
game board faces, However, Ihe United Stllles Copyright LElw states that "In the case of a worll made for
hire, the employer or other person for whom the worll was prepared Is considered tho aulhor for purposes of
this IIl1e, and, unless the parties have expressly E1greod olherwlse In a wrltlen Instrument signed by them,
owns till of tlw lights comprised III tile copyright." 17 U,S,o,A, ~201(d), In considering the Issue of
copyright ownership end property created by on Independent contraotor, the United Sllltes Oourt of Appeole
for the Seventh Olrcult ruled thilt under the WorlHor-hlre Oootrlne, In the absenoE! of an agreoment to Ihe
contrary, El oopyrlght belongs to the person commissioning tile worll, and not to the person creating Ihe
worll, This rllle llpplles 10 Independent contmotors llS well as employees, Blll1I..Ell.latlLUala.JIlO....'l--61dweJI
OotnJlllIW, opo F,2d 36B (71h 011',1007),
OleEHly, Plalnllff eXtlrolsed oompleltl oonlrol over the (lesion and IElYout of the flnElI OElma Iloard faaes,
Plaintiff ol'\3ated tho Inlllal (lOnoept, dealon, and IElyout of eEloh oame IJomd f<loe, PI<llntlff also exorolsed
oomphlte dlscrellon ae to whether he WOIII(I aooept or reJeot oompUtel' l!'Iyouts develope(1 hy Pefanrlf,lnt's
employees, PIEllnllff hired Defendant IJao<luse DefendElnt'll ell1ployoes IHld the Imowlmloo an(l aldll to
translate Plalnllff's oonoepts on to EI oomputer dEltah!1sr~, This step Is neoossElry pel1ausa the teohnologloEllly
advanoed ploUere whloh Ell'1l usecllo print 1110 [JElme poal'd fnoes EIre oonlrol/er1lly the Ill1n[Jes oontnlned In
the computer Inyout, Plnlnllff oontraoted with DefendElnl for the purpose of prlnllno a hlOh qU<1l11y oElme
pOElrd f<loe Elnd not for Ihe purposo of doslonlno Elnd ol'o<1l1no Iho oal118 honrr1 fnoes,
Finally, during the heElrlno, Defendnnt Introduoed Into evldenoe n oopy of <1 proposal Defendant
alleoedly faxed 10 Plnlntlff on Deoember 0, 1006, paoe four of the proposal oontalns a seollan entllled
"Peelon Servloe Terms", This seollon of the proposl1l sh:lles "Olnemaolo retains all 1'10 his to modifY, sell, or
,
distribute wllhout oharoe Elny of the Inlelleolual properlY developed by lis' \lrenllva staff," Oonslstent wllh 1I1e
Olroult Court doalslon In BeaLEll.mtlLOala.Jnc" the Inoluslon pf this IElnouaoe In the unslonod proposal
evldenoes the faat Ihat the Defendant was aware thElt wllhaut suoh a slonsd proposal the rlEllnllff would
relaln Intelleotual property rlohts In the worlHor-hlre, Plalnllff novel' aloner1 the proposed oontraat containing
"
the design servloe terma, Oonsequenlly, ho retains ownership of the properly,
III1IUO II.
Issuol Doea tho Dofol1dant havo a lion aOElll1st IIny of Plaintiff's propol'ty?
8UOOOBtod Answorr No. Defendant doea not have a IIsl1 aoalnst any of PI<llntlff's property beoause
over the two-yael' period In whloh Plalntlrf f1nd Defendant were enO<loed In a puslneBB relationship Plnlntlff
routinely paid In full eaoh bill reoelved from Defendant.
PlaoU881on
Rllle 1082 of the PennsylvElnla Rl1les of olvll Procedure stQteall1alll)e only oOlmter'Jlalm whlphmay
PIl asaerted In all aotlon In RepleVin Is El olalm aeoured Py a IIpn on the properlY, Pa.R,O,p, No, 1082. As
result of 1I11s aotlon In RepleVin, pefendant now asserts that Plaintiff now owen pefendant $14,000,00 for
l'epelra and aervlolng on Plaintiff's equipment.
If Pefendent actuallY provldeq repair en(l salvlolng worll to Plelntlff'a equipment and Wlla not
relmpuraed for the worll, this would Indeorl oroElte El "oommon law lien" on the property, However, the faoto
In thle CElse olearly support the position that PefendElnt'e fQpalr Elnd eervlolng WEla fabrloEltl;ld Py Pfjfsndllnlln
llnllolpetlon of defsndlng thla eo\lon In Replevin,
Plaintiff end Defendant enteredlnlo Eln ol'lll agresmenlln IElle 1006 or eerly 1007 Whsreby Pefendent
egreed to print gel me bomd fEloes for hire. Throughout tile approxlmEltely two year period during whloh
Plelntlff and Defendent conduoted bualneaa under Ihlo orel agreement, DefendElnt regularly pllled PIEllntlff for
men,houl'e epentworlllng on PIEllntlff'a proJeots, equipment, supplies, and melntenance, At tile heElrlng on
the Mallon for Writ of summons, Plelntlff Introduced Into evidence Plelntlff'a exhlplta No.1 Elnd 1\10, 2 whloh
con lain itemized Invoices from Defendent for the yeElre 1007 and 1806, reepectlvely, ^ review of theee
Involoee clearly ehows 1I1Elt Defendllnt hnbltually billed Plelntlff for auppllea and services, Furthermore,
theae Involoes alao IndloElte PIEllnllff typloally PQld these bills wllhln 14 dElya of receipt, Defendant failed to
produce any Involoes which were IBsued In the normElI course of business during Ihls two yeer period which
prove that' Pla,lntlff failed to' pay for any maintenance or repair worll on Plaintiff's equipment while In
Defendant's posseselon,
Moat Importantly, MB, Louis Hanley, I:xecutlva Vice President of Olnemaglo, Ino" admitted during Ihe
hearing that ahe had prepared an itemized list of lII1,bllled "servicing and maintenance" \In the pia Iter In
preparation of IIl1gatlon at Il1e dlrecllon of Defendant's allorney, The $14,000,00 bill whloh ostensibly
evldenoes a lien In the Plaintiff's aqulpment was neVer presented to Plalnllff for payment, nor to the court,
Sometime during January 1099, Defendant preaented to PIEllnllff E1 bill totElllng $32,"61,66 for un-billed
,
s~pplles I1l1egedly ~sen py Defendant for worl( done for Plalntlfr rlmlng Ihe Iwo year buslnsss relationship,
Tills ~1111 WI1S I1dmltled 118 Plelnllrr's ~~hIL11I No, 3, Whothor 1116 resl~1l of poor Il~slnsss ml1nl1gement or
frEl\td\llent faprlollUon, these "pills" Elre ul1lll1foroeablo, The supplies Elne1 selVloes Ilernlzed on the "pills"
were nevor ohargeel to PIEllnUff In ElolqElI mOI1U'IIY Invoices, Consequently, Derendanl Pl1nnot s~bstantlate
Ihe vallr.tlly of these "Illlls", Moreover, Iho only lIemlzElUon was ror sllpplles whloh does not oreale e lien In
Plalntlrr'e eqlllpment, All oontempomneOu8 I)II11ng ror mEllntenmloe Elnd selVloll to the equipment was Umely
pllld by Plalntlrf,
~1I(e most bllelnasses, Plalntlrf IlElses Ihe price of hl8 produots on Iha per unll oosl of produoUon,
Pl'lolng tal(es Into oonsldemUon the oosl of regulElI' overheecl, employee sl1lElrleG, and oost of malerlal,
Consl'lquenlly, Plalnlltr metloulouely anel fallhfully paid Defendl1nt's Invoices eaoh month so llS to maintain
llpproprlale producl prlolng and 11 alel1dy OElsh flow, It would ~la extremely InGqultable 10 require Pll1lntlff to
PI1Y at IhlG lime for Ihe I1l1eged selvlolng, mEllnlenance, I1nd supplies Whloh Defendemt, Ihrough Its own
negleot and Inoompetenoy 10 aooount and bill for during the two yelll' business relllllonshlp,
OONCLUSION
For the l'el1S0nB set forlh above, the oomputel' dlsl(e oontalnlng the nraphloally designed game boelrd
faoae should be returned to pll1lntlfr beoause PIEllntlfr maintains a proprletl1ry Interest In this properly,
Furthermore, Defendant's Counlerolalm In 'the form of a lien against Plalntlrr's property should be dismissed
for 11101< of oredlblllty and found allan, as well as having no legal basis,
,
,'lIhn~lIn, I)nIl1Q, Sj\lWlIl'l & W\lhhl\ll'
lly: Dill' hi W, Dol""oo
I.D, No, 41(1tl7
llYi MI\lhnol ,I, CIIHHllly
l.J), Nn, U21 M
301 Mllrkol SII'OU1
1', 0, lln~ 1(1)
Lomnyno, (lonnHylvllnln 1704:J-01(1)
(717) 7ri H540
MAY 5 1999bb
A\tornoYH fhl' (lllllnllffHoo\t W, Ilnrl'oy
BOOn W, HARVl:Y, IIdlblll
cOINS UNI-.IMlmD, INo"
Pllllnlln
v,
IN TH~ OOUf~T OF COMMoN PI-.l:As OF
CUMI3l:RI-ANP OOUNTY, Pl:NNsYI.VANIA
NO, 00-1718
OIVII-. AOTION -I.AW
IN Ri:PI-.l:VIN
OINl:MAGIO, INc"
Pefendllnt
PI-.AINTIFF'S aRIEF IN BurrORT OF MOTION FOR WRIT OF aEI2:UI~1:
ANfJ NOW, Ihls 5' If, c1IlY of MIlY, 1000, comae Pllllntlff, 8r;o\! W, Hllrvey, through his unclerslgnecl
a\!orneys, ancl flies this brlaf In supporl of Mallon for Writ of Seizure,
I, PROOEDURAL aAOI<GROUND
On Mllroh 23, 1900, Plalntllf Inltlatecl this f~eplevln acllon by filing a Complaint llnd Mallon for Writ of
Seizure In the Court of OommC'n Pleas of Cumberland County, The Oomplalnt BeellO the return of cerlaln
equlpmenl, Inoludlng a plotler, a Illrge capaolty Inll delivery syslem, Inll oartrldges, and computer dlsllatles
wllh graphlo designs stored therein, all of whloh me In the possession of the Defendant, On April 1, 1000,
Defenclanl flied a timely Answer to Plaintiff's Complalnlln Replevin, Defendant also fIIod New Matler and
counterclaim alleging Defendant has lien In the property to the extent Defendant hacl not been reimbursed
by Plaintiff for servil;e and mlllntenElnce to the equlpmenl valuecl al $14,000, On April 26, 1009, Plaintiff
fIIad an Answer to Defendunl's New Mtltler and Counterclaim generally denying Defendant's claim of a lien
ElgEllnst the property,
On April 20, 1990, a Iwarlng was held on Plalntllr's Mallon for Writ of Seizure pureuant 10 Pa,RO,P,
MAY - 5 I.Qg,q
No, '1075,1, At tile hearlno, PlalnUff .md Pefenrlllnl sUpull1lod to 1110 roturn to Plalnllff of the ploUer, Il1roe
pElpaclly Inl~ delivery system, ollp mt exploSion soflwnre, nnrllhu Coral Slooll Pholo L.1I1rmy 1, PlalnUff l1nd
Defendanl presented tesllmony ruoareUnO Ille IJltslness relntlonshlp 11Iltween 111fJ parllDB, At the conclusion
of the hellrlno, the ooull orclered Ihe re!\tm of tile equipment to Whloh Ihe pElrlleB had sUpulaled and
wlthhelcl Judmnent as to the return of the computer dlsllll conlEllnlno oraphlo Informallon, The courl Invlled
path parlllls 10 supmlt wUhln seVen days legalmemomnda addresslno any outslandlno ISBlles or concerns,
II. FAOTUAl. BAOI<GROUNP
Plaintiff Is Ihe proprlelor of Coins Unllmlled, Ino" whloh deslons llnel prod lines games of ohanoe
whloh arB sold to dlstrlbutorB 100lltedlllrollghouI the United Slates, The oamBS of ohanoe EIre generally sold
10 non-profit orgllnlzatlons whloh are permltled under vllflous stllle IElwS to run games of ohance for the
purpose of raising flll1ds for the non-profit organlzallon, I:aoh stale has Its own rules and regulallons whloh
strictly regulate SUOll gaming In terms of the manner In wllloh the game Is run and the proLmbllllles of pay
out, As suoh, Plaintiff deslona eaoll game so as 10 oomply with stale oamlng regUlilllons, Furthermore,
PlalnUff has primary and ultimate control over the grapllloal design of eaoh game In terms of IllemD, conlent,
layout, and design,
Sometime In late 100B, Plnlntlff contacted Defendant for tile purpose of produolng tile oraplllcl111y
designed game board fl.1ces, Defendant claims tllat It faxed to Plaintiff a proposed contl'aot outlining tha
terrns und condlllons of the propof.led business arrangement. However, the parties agread Plaintiff never
signed a contraot. Plaintiff and Defendant entered Into an oral agreement by whloh Defendant 110reed to
assist Plaintiff In prOduolno the graphlcallydesloned game board faces,
I'or a period of approximately two years, Plalnllff nncl Defendant enjoyed a mutually rewarding
business reletlonshlp, Plaintiff wOllld develop a conoept for a new board whloh would oftan be speolflol1l1y
deslgnod for 1.1 partloular oustomer In a glvan slate, Plaintiff would then talle this Idal.1 10 Defendant for the
purpose of translating Ihe ooncept and doslgn to a oomputer layoul. This stop was necessary because the
lechnoloUlcnllY !1r!vanoeej prllltera 1m own {la "plottara" would print the computer I"yollt, Defenr!nnt'a ornphlll
mtlala woule! tmnalnte Plnlntllf'a concopt unci clualnn to tllll computer, ualng Plnlntlff'a aoflwme, nl1cl woulrl
not print Ihe OUIllU (laOI'd Incoa unlll Plnlntlf( Ol1ve fln<!lopprovnl, Tho ornphloEllly dealoned Ofll11e pourel
(flcea wero then 6torm! on oOl11plller etlsllettes, Plnlntllf pale! Defendnnt $40 per hour for Ihla wotl<,
In ,June 1007, Pllllnttff I1lJtllOrlzecl Pefenelunt 10 puroh<lse the subJuct plotter, lurge cnpElclty Inl<
dllllvury syatufll, ollp art exploalon aoflwmB, and Corel Slooll Photo ~Iprmy 1, Pefendant aenl Involcea No,
3411 mid NO, 3416 requeatlno pElYl118nt for the l1forernenlloned Itema, Plelnttff promplly pnld the6e ttel11a
by checl< on ,July 10, 1007, Plaintiff purchElsed theae Items for Pefendnnl to use In conneptlon with the worl\
pefendrml wa6 doing on behEllf of PIEllntlff,
Aa wus standard procmlllre, Pefllndnnt blllad Pll1lntlff u6ul1l1y on l1 monthly pEl6lo, Pl1fendanl
regularly billed rJIEllntlff 111 an hourlY rElte of $40 for computer IElyout work as well El6 6eIVl0lng I1nel
malnll1lnlng the equipment. Furlhernwrll, Pefendant regulmly billed Plaintiff for stool< and supplies Inoludlng
apeclallzed glossy pl1per andlnll,
Sometime In November 1900, Ms, ~oulse Hanley notlfleel Plaintiff 111I1t she forool. to Pili Plfllnllff
$6,000 for Inl< anel pElper utilized ever the previous 10 months, Ms, Hl1nley later gave Plaintiff El prlnloul of
un-blllael expenses lolollno $32,401,60, Plalntllf refuaeel to pElY for tho ~In-bllled suppllea, Consequently,
,
Plaintiff and Pefenelant terminated their bualness relationship, Defendant subaequently refueed to return
Ihe equipment subjeot to this 1I110atlon until Plaintiff pl1ld Ihe un-billed supplies, Consequently, Plaintiff
InltlEltedlhle aollon In Replevin,
losuo No, I,
ISOIIOI DOOS Plalnllff havo pl'oprlotory Inloroot In tho gl'aphlonlly doslgnod gamo board faoss
whlah ora storod on oomplltor disks whloh aro In Dofolldnnt's poosooolon7
Buggoslod Anowol'l Yos, Plaintiff has a proprlelary Intereelln the gal11e board faces otored on the
computer dlslm becauee the OUI110 board facee were conceptualized and desluneel by Plaintiff,
PIOQllllllllln
The Unltod Sllllos OopyrlOhl 1.llw slaloll Ihnl vCopyrlnhl In n worll proluoled undllr Ihls 11110 veslo
Inlllnlly In Iho lll11hor or uulhors of thl! worll, The 11IIthoro of u Jolnl work um co-owners of oopyrlohl In Ihe
work," 17 U,S,Q,A, 9201 (n), Grnphlo worllll, suoh nil the urnphloully doolunod oume brmrcl fQool! elevalof1\lcl
Py PI!:llntlff, <1I'1l proleoteel by oopyrlOht, '17 U,S,C,A, 9'102(a)(5),
PllllnUff la owner of copyrloht proloollon In Ihll ornphlonllY dosloned oame bomcls bool1usll 1~1!:llntlff
conceptuulll!:lld, clesloneel <lnd onve flnl'll upprovnl for ll!:loh lwl every O<lmo bOl1rcl fuce prlntod by
I)ofendunt, As Plulnllff lesllflod chulno Ihe 11Onrlno, hll, or one of his employeea, would oontl1ot Defendant
with un Initial oume bonrd face cleslon nnd 111Youl. Defondnnl's employee would thlln translale the deslon
Qpnqllpt and layout Into n computer forl11nl, The computer (onTInt would then require eubsequenl edlllno
<lnd re.deslon pursunnl to Plnlnllff'a Inatruollon. Once the compl~ter le\yout salls fled Plaintiff In terma of his
i orlolnal conceplClncl deslon, Plalnllff would Ihen (JIve his approval 10 print the game board facos, Ae euch,
Plalnllff I1xerclaod complete control over Ihe nrllallo development l1nd design of the final produot.
Oonsequenlly, Plelnllfr rBlalns proprlelory Interest and copyrloht protoollon In eaoh or the gElmo board f!:lolls
printed al DerendEmt's r!:lolllty,
Defendanl argues thut Plulnllfr hired DorenduntuB an Independent conlraotor to dealgn Emd prlntlhe
game board fuces, However, the United Stl'lteo Copyrloht Ll'lw stales thut"ln the oaBe of u work made for
hire, Ihe employer or othol' peraon ror whom the worll wua preparod la considered the aulhor for purpoaos of
this tille, and, unlesa Ihe purllea hove expreoaly o(lreed olllllrwlse In a wrlllen Instrument sloned by Ihem,
OWIIS 0/1 of 1110 rlgllts oomprlsod 111 1/10 cOflyrlolll," 17 U,S,c,A, 9201 (d), In considering Ihe IBaue of
oopyrloht ownership and property oreoted by anlndependenl oontrootor, the United st!:ltes Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuli rUled that under the Worll.for-hlre Dootrlne, In Ihe l'lbsence or an ogreelTlentto the
conlrary, a copyright belongs 10 the person oOl11l11laslonlng the worll, and not to the parson crentlng Ihe
worll, This rule applleato Independenl oontraotors os well 00 employeos, BaI1LEalalllJJatEl,J[\c,_v,J3ldwe.U
QOI1\llJ:my., noD F,;let 30n (7111 Clr. 10117).
Clol1rly, Pllllnllff oxarolood complolo conlml ovar 1110 daslonl1nrlll1ymlt of Il1a final Of.1me hoard facea,
Plfllnllff oruntoct tl10 Inllll1l concapt, doelon, flnrlll1yolll of oaol1 IJlllllll Immd fElco, Pll1lntlff aloo exerolsad
Ilomplole rllaoretlon 110 10 wl1ull1or l1e woulrt neeept or reJeol e0l11fluh1r Inyoute devaloped IlY Pefllndant'a
al11ployeea, Plnlnllff I1lrerl Pefanrlanl heoflUoo Oufemlunl's employees l1f1d tl10 Ilnowledge I1net 011111 tP
transll.lle Plfllnllff's eonoopls onlo n OOmplllllr dalnhnso, Tl1lo step 10 nflcaoenry heenuoe 1110 tealmologlaallY
advnnaod plottora wl1lal1 ora uefJd 10 print tile gllrne bomd fl1naa me oonlrolled hy 1110 hnngeo aontEllned In
Il1e cOnlplltor layoul, Plnlnllff conlraolad wlll1 Pafendnnt for Il1e purpose of prlnllng a high qLlnllly game
honrd face nntl not for Ihe pl1rposa of deolgnlng and cranllng 1110 gallle board faces,
Finally, durlno tha 110arlno, PofendElnt Inlroduced Inlo evldenoe n copy of a propooal Pefendnnl
nllaoadly fnxed to Plnlnllff on Paoal11ber 0, 100ll, pnoe fpur of tile proposal conlnln8 a oeollon entitled
"Oeolon Servloe Tarl11a", This soollon of tl10 proposElI stlltao "Olnel11ElOlo retEllna nil rlohls 10 modify, sell, or
dlolrlbl1te wllhout alwoe nny of tha InlolleclUElI rroperty developed by 110' orentlvo sluff," Consistent wlll1lhe
Olroull COUll deolslon In B.eaL(;l.llallLOala,Jno" Ihe Incluolon of Ihlo IElnOW10e In the L1noloned propooal
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evidences tile fool Ihat the PefendElnt was aware II1Elt wllhoLlt sLlch El signed proposal the Plaintiff would
rolElln IntellectLlal properly rights In tho worll-for-hlre, Plalnllff never slonod the proposed oonlrnel oonlalnlno
the deelon sorvlce terms, Oonoeljuenlly, he retEllna ownership of the properly,
Isauo II.
ISSLlOI Doos the Dofondant havo a lion against any of Plalntlff'o property?
Suggosted Answor! No, DofondElnt c100s not hove a lien aoalnst nllY of Plaintiff's property becEluse
avo I' the two-year period In which Plaintiff and Defendant wore enoagllclln 0 buslnesB relationShip Plnlnllff
rOLlllnely poldln fllllllach bill reoelved from Defendant,
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Rule 1002 qf the Pennsylvllnlo RIlles of Olvll Proced\lre IltoteD \hnl tho only oounterolall11 Whloh may
lJe allBorlod In I1noollonIn Roplovln III F.l olalm DeOUreq IlY a lien on Iho properly, PIl,R,o,P, No, 10n~, All
rell\lII of thlll l1ollon In Replevin, POfenllont now OIlBerlll thnt PIl1lnllff now Dwell Dofonclunt $14,0(10,00 for
rsplllrll ond Ilarvlolno on Plalnllff'll equlpmanl.
If Defendant aotually provldacl repair tUld aervlolno worle to Plalntlff'a eqUipment Ilnd WIlS not
relmbursod for the worle, thlll would Inrlead ore ate a "common low lien" on the properly, However, tho faots
In tllla oalle plemly Elupport the pOlllllon thet pefendl1nt'll repair and Ilervlolno Wl1a fabrloated by Pefendl1ntln
Ilntlclpatlon of defending Ihls 110tlonln I~eplevln,
PI!llnllff ond Defendanl entered Into an oral aOl'eementln lute '1006 or early '1007 Whereby Defondont
aoreerl to print O/:1mO bomd fl10es for hire, TluoughOl!\ the approximatelY two yem period during Which
PIEllnllff oncl Defendl1nt conduote,1 buslnells under Ihls oral aoreement, IJef!mdant reoularly billed Plalnllff for
mEln-hours apent worklno on Plaintiff's proJeots, equipment, supplies, and mEllntenElnoe, At the hoarlno on
the Motion for Writ of Bummons, Pllllnllff Introduced Into evidence Plalnllff'B exhibits No, 1 Elnd No, 2 which
contElln itemized InvoloeB from Defendant for tho years 1007 and 1006, respacllvelY. A review of these
Itwolces olearly shows tllat Defendant hElbltually billed Plolnllff for suppllell Elnd services,' Furthermore,
these Invoices olso Indloate Plaintiff typicallY raid these blllB within 14 doys of receipt, Defendont failed to
produce any Invoices whloh were Issued In the normal course of business during this two year period which
prove that Plaintiff failed to pay for any malntenllnce or repair worle on Plaintiff's equipment while In
Defendant's possession,
Most Importl1ntly, Me, Louis I-tEII11ey, Executive Vlct! President of Clnetneglo, Ino" F.ldllllltod during the
hearing that ahe had prepared an Itemized list of un-billed "servicing CU1d maintenance" on the ploUer In
preparation of litigation at the direction of Defendant's altorney, Tile $14,000,00 bill whloh ostonslbly
evidences a lIel1 In the l'lalntlff's oqulpmont was never presEfIlled to Plalnllll for payment, nor to the court.
Sometime during January 1000, Defendant presented to Plaintiff a bill totaling $32,401,66 for un-billed
llllppllao Illle(Jecjly 1l0ecllJY Pefol1c1ont for worl< dono for Pllllnllff clllrlnu 1I1a two yem huolneaa relElllonahlp,
Thla hili Wlla flcjmlllocl Ila Plnlnllff'a !:xhlbll NO,:I, Wl1otl1or tile realllt of poor hllalnoaB m"n"(IOmen\ or
fl'mlcllllonl fnl1rloallol1, 1I1eall "billa" me llnonforcOllble, Thll a\lpplloB f.lnd aervlceB Ilomlzed on tl1B "hllla"
wore novel' ohor(Jed to Plaln\lff In "c\lIl"1 monthlY InvolQoa, Oonae'ltlenlly, Dllfendllllt cannOlllUIJalElIl\lote
the v"lIdlly of Ihoae "IJIIIB", Moreover, the only Ilomlzallon waB for Buppllaa whloh clooo no\ orellte a lien In
Plalnlllf'a e'llllpmont, All oontemporanePllB hlllhl(J for mnlntanllnoe Ell1d Bervlce \0 the "'llllpmfJnl WEla Ihnllly
p<lld hy PI"lntlff,
~1I\e moat lluBlnllBaea, l"IEllntlrf IJaBeB Ihe prlco of his prodllola on the per llnll cOBt of produollon,
Prloln(J talu'ls Into conalclerallon the COBt of rO(Jtllm overheEld, employoe sal<lrleB, und oOBt of material,
. Conaa'luenlly, PIE1lnllff metlOllloualy and fallhfully palcl Defendant'B Involcaa oaoh month BO as to mlllnlaln
appropriate produot prlcln(J and a Bteady cuah flow, II wollld be exlremely Ino'lultable to require Plaintiff 10
pay at thla time for tile alle(Jed aervlcln(J, malntenanoe, and auppllea Which Defencllolnt, through ItB own
neglect flncllncompetenoy to account und bill for during the two year bUBlneBB relatlonahlp,
OONCLUSION
For the reaBOna ai'll forlh allove, the computer c1lal<a containing 1I1e graphically c1ealgned game bOElrd
faoea ahould be returned to Plulnllff beoauae Plalntlrf mulntEllna a proprietary Intereal In Ihls property,
Furthermore, [)efendant'lI Counterolalm In the form of a lien against Plalnllff'a property ahould be dlsmlaaecl
for look of credibility and foundation, all well aa hEWing no legal baBla,
SCOTT W, Hi\lWIW Ihl/h/n
COINS lJNI,IMITlm, INC,.
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IN 'I'lm CP!JRT OF cOMMoN PI,liAll
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Yon hllVo hOOIl 6\101\ In Comt, If YIlll wiuh to dofollelll(JllinHt tho OlllllnH sot forth In tho
following pllgosl YOIlIl1\lHt tllllO cortlllt\IIO\lolI wlthllllwomy (20) ,IIIYH IIfM this COl11pllllm IInd
Notico IIrll Horyml hy qlltorlll/lll wrinollllppolIl'lInce porHonlllly or by 11I1Ilttorno)' IInd fillll/l in wrhJlI1l
with tho emlrt YOllr dofollHeH 01' objootJolIH to tho clllh1\H set forth II/llllllut you, YOllllt'e wlIl'llod thllt
if YOII filII to elo RO. tho CIISO tnllY pl'oeood withont YOllllnd IIllld!lll1ollt lllllY bo olltetmlllgllillHI' YOII
by the Comt wlthollt fmthol' nOllce I'DI' IlIlY moncy clnllnod in tho COll1pllllm 01' for IIIlY other clllhn
or I'ollef 1'0011IIlHtod hy tho plllimiff(H), YOIlI11I1)' 10He Illolley nr property 01' mhot, dghtH hllportllnt to
YOII,
YOU SHOULD TA1{E TI.IIS PAI-rm TO YOUR LAWYER Nl' ONCE, IF YOU
DO NOT HAVE !I. LA\VYEllOR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO 1'0 OIl1'ELEPHONE
THE OFFICE Sf:\T FORTI.I BELOW TO FIND OUT \VHf:\Rf:\ YOU C!l.N GET LEGAL
HELP.
I'll, LIlWYOI' Rofol'l'lIl Sorvlce
P,O, BOll 1 (lIl(i
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I.BOO.692-7375
Out-of-Stllto ROHldollts
1-717-238.6715
CUl11bodllnd COllllty Bill' I\Hsocllltloll
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ClIl'lIslo,l'l\ 17013
'I'olophollOl (717) 249..1 \ 66
H, Plll1led, Pllllntlft'olllr cl1torod into 1IIlIlIll'OOII\lll1t Ihr Pot'lll1dl\l1t 10 Orolltll I1l1lsl1c<1
hOllnl dllsl!m8 In 111le1111111J0 lill' PllYl1l0l1t ofacl'vlocs, PIIIII1t1fftlld 1101 p\lrchllso cOl1cept !lcsllll1S or
wor~ pl'mlllot of pofcl1dlll1t's cll1ployc08,
I), DOllied, Doli.ll1dllllt did 1I0t lIurOll to pl'ovldo rluhls 10 Ill'uphlo llosluna 111 tlllll1S of
Dllfolldllllllntelleol\llll pl'OpOl'ly I'Iuht8 II10nu wllh tho 1ll0~11I111 which tho doslunsllro slorod,
10, Delllcd, I)cfolldllllt \lscd Ihoh' own C011lpUlor systoma tll dcsiul1ul1d pronesu nil
UIIIIIC hOllnls, Defolldnnt only lIaod Ihll "ploHol''' tn l1Iorcly prlllt tho hOlll'd8 Illl' Pllllllllff,
II. Donlcd, 1'IIIIntlff IlIdopolldontly 01' ullllutOl'lIl1y tCllnlllutcd sllld uUI'OUmol1t,
12, Dlll1lud ns to thllusc of tho word thr11lul, A tclcphonlc I'cljuost WIlS Illlldo,
13, DOllied, Dctolldul1t hilS "Brood to I'ctlll'n PllIlntlff's oqlllpll1out onoo I1lIl1Ionlos ~uc
Dct'ondullt, dcsoribod hOl'oin, uro puid In f\i1!.
14, DOllied, Dcfclldllllt provided II110thcl' ploHOI' nfcljulvlllollt ollpllblllllos 1I1HI Pllllntlff
hilS tho cupnblllty to produoc his OWII gllme hOLll'ds,
15, Dllnled, Dofolldunl hilS II "moohnnics lion" on PlnlnllCt's oqulplllont to
mulntcnunco, roplIll's, pl'llgrml1tlllng, etc,
Thol'cfol'o, r I'llqllost I'lulntlfrs Compllllnt bo dlsmissod,
N!ilY. MATTlm ANI> COUNTlmCLAIM
16, Dofcndullt iUoorpol'lltos hy mfel'ollcc pLll'lIgrllphu I Ihrough 15,
17, Dofendnnl hilS pl'ovldcd tllnlntonunco, roplllrs, und slIppllos tbr tho 1'llIlntlff's
llq\llpmollt for which PlnlntlfChns Ihllod 10 mllke pl'OpCI' Pllymcntln tho IImOllnt of Foul'tcclI
Thousnlld ($14,000) Dolllu'8, Suld InvolollS to bo produccd utthe hcurlng In this mllHel',
Ill, On 01' uhollt.luly 1998, PlulnllfCcntorcd Into un Ol't\lUllrllOlllollt to slom
Dofendllnt's equipment, supplies IInd products Inthcll'liwllltleu, A list oClhe oqulpmont will be
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3 1'1lrs\lUnl: \:0 Pl\, R,C,P, 10'16,1, \18 will lBt the reoorc\
'l inc\iante thllt tho PEll'dea are pn~t1ent in OOIW\:. 'I'hs
5 Pl"d.ntif f is reproaontocj by DElvic\ W, DelAlrJe, liJaquire, Anr.l the
6 DefendElnt is l'eprelJented by Rob~rt W, WEleger, liJaguire, Mr,
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Yea, YOlll' Honor, JI.lsI: I:ot- the
9 rspord, I bel.ieve thnt we have a atiplllBtion that we
10 d.iscussed in ch'Elmbers wnh YOIll' Honorl thElt .is, liS fElr AS
11. Hm.iting tho iSl3uea for this l1em:.i.pg, the partief) hAve Clgreec\
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anel I have A proposed wri t of aeJ, zure
13 tlH.l in)c delivery system, the n1ip art explosion softWElre, anc\
11 the COJ:el Stock Photo I,ibrElry ArB i toms which have been paic\
15 fo!:' by m}' cUent, We have .i.nvoioes thAt show he hEls paid for
16 them, Anc\ they EIre his, Those have been agreec\ thElt we will
1'7 make Eln:angements for him to pick up and return and take
Ifl possession of,
19 'l'he issue todAY is Urnitod to the computer
20 c\iskettes and the property wh.i.ch was put on those, which is
21 whllt we're ask.ing that is ours, we paid for, we own them, Elnd
22 be returlled, and, also/ whether or not they have A mechElnic's
23 Hen J,n that property and whether we shOUld hAve to PO(~t a
;)'1 boud.
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'l'UE COUI<'l'1 Do you agree wi th .0111 of thAt,
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'I \.lp wi l:h <In <lgl:eectb:).e <l111Dllnt, I hctcl <I IIleGt ing with mY
5 <\OOp"n\:<\nt, which is <\l!'Jo Ms, I~nley's aooOuncClnt, John
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Where \:h<\t printout w<\s cli!'Jouaaed?
'I'hat 'a correot,
Il<\ve YOll eVel: reoeiveQ AIW invoioe from
10 Cinem"gio for $32,OOO,00?
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16 ,for maintenElnoe or !'Jel:vic8a to' yom: oompuc'i31' equipment which
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'rhe only thing YOll I ve gol;ten' i.a t:hClt
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Which r. woulcl cona:lc1el; a !'Jumm<\ry,
Does that: itemizatibn cont<\in any billing
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Now, when d icl you stop using tl~eil' services
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on or <\bout aanuary 30th,
THm COURT I Of 1999?'
THm WITNmSSI Yes, air, 1999. Normal
25 proceclure ,Would be we woulcl aenc1 the WOl'k over, We woulcl
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2 was lockec1, so we cou!c1n't get our faoes fot the boarWs,
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Sinoe then, you Ive had to look elsewheI't9 to
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Let's go baak to the diskettes which are the
OheElrt, of the dispute, What exaotly are you telling the Court
9 is YOlln'! Ell1d thElt you want ordered returned? Cem you explain
10 that to the Court?
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Yes, '1'he inf:ormat:ion on those disJ~etl:e8
12 whioh I approved of everyone -- which I need to put the
13 fElce~ on the board, everything, ",11 of: the inforl1lElt.ion on the
14 d.iskettes to create the faces, SO I oould simply PLl\; It in my
15 system and cOntinLlally run wIth those c1esigns,
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Once those c1.iskettes are. generated with this
17 information whioh you paid for, do you use that board face
10 mOl"e than once?
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So, this is something you would COl1Unue to
21 use in YOLIl; business onoe you paid It to be produced?
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23 here, '-\S far as you have' time fOl:, you know, desIgn, '1'hen
24 there I s til1le that she would bHl me ;Junt to run the faoes
25' which I already approved to be rim,
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2 11\i nlll:ea, /Inri ]: neorl to ~lJve Mr, WI\egor II ohnnao l~o
3 01:0lJu-eXAIII:lne, I :luul: )lIwe /I quelll:.ton, :11: I ,,\J.ght, fb:f.!I:,
4 YOIII v(~ (lel11 I: .t n \:he PAllt w.tt:h thJa lJOmpany, Ci\lemllg.to'~
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'l'lllu WI'l'NluSS I I never raoeived one, I
!l antIoipated oont:lnuing to do l)uaineas, ao I rel1lly never
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12 printouta, for want of a better word, but not the diskettes
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'l'lIIu WI!I'NIi1SS I 'I'hat 10 oOl:reot, whioh :ls all ,I
16 really needed, becl1use I hl1d the equipment there for them to
16 run it, The problem I run :lnto ia I hl1ve all of this
17 Information on theae diekettes and a lot of lost revenue,
10 beuAuse people WAnt these pArtioulAr faces, and I don't have
1!l the Ilrtwork to create them,
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21 (Defendant I a mxhibit No, 1 was mat-Itec! for
22 identifioation.)
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23 cUd you dea.ign tl1.i8 bOllrd?
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2 'l'hill JI3 wh~\: \:huy Ollll1e IlP with, I ohllnged .... I hacl \:0 malefl
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'I give \:hel1\ Q blla:l..o :I.deEl,
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9 the Clrtworlt, ElllCl I \:('111 thell1 how to lc1Y i \: ou\:, where t:o lay
10 it oLlt, whe1:e \:0 put \:he IIL1mbers, whe1:e not \:0 put the
11 nUI1\berfl, '1'he most illlPor\:Clnt thing .... proof of \:I)at .. - is
12 what:. PElYOl.lt goes on what pArtioll1al: board, beOllLlae 11m the
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16 they, then, are hnving the Ube!'ty of desJ.gning othe1' than
16 where the partioular payout hole iSI they desigll the board?
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Q Wi\:h YOllr halp?
11 With my help, correot,
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RIiJDIRIiJCT IiJX1IMIN1ITION
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Q I believe Defendant 1!3 DJll:hib.i\: )" Wht\\: thuy
havl~ identified qe an exhibH, your tef3t.il\lony .is YOIl rloll I t
recall ever eeei\lg that elooqment pefol:e?
A No, I don't,
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11 I donlt eee a f3ignature on there.
Q AlId your eignatUl:e it;! not on thI31:e?
A No,
Q When you paiel for these derdgna to be. inpul:
into your plotter and p~-.inted, after you pelid the r..i.l:J31; Umo,
the baa.iccllarge, you could oall tlwl\I lIP and say, pd.nt mo):o
or. tlloee, without having to pay the $/jO,OO-an-hour ohQrge, iu
that oorreot7
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particul,arly on runn.ing t.tme - - I dOli I t Imow what. rato 1 WIlli
given,. but I don It eee anyth.ing lese than - - well, lot 1110 IIUlI
here to make eure - - anyth.ing Ieee than $/j 0,00 rll\ h01l1' ,
Q H;3d ehe aeked you to. JJ.I.~11l fl ,OOIll'.1'lIrJt thlll:
ea.id theee dee.igne, wh.ich were YOllr .I.c1~IIlIl, blJCJomlJ thll t)'
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1'1 wor.k back because they didn't put what I wanted, 'L'hey didn I t
18 listen to my input, The bottom line is there was nothing
19 that was designed per se wlthol\t my Input, a lot of it, at
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MR, Der.llCIilI
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RECROSS-EXAMINATION
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You've testIfied alr.eady that yoq paId them
$'10,00 an hour for doing qedgn worle, Very speD i J:j, Ca 11 y you
eaid th<lt, If you did thefle great eles igns YOllrself, then why
would you Pi:\Y them $40,00 an hour to clo your designs?
II Because at l:h8 time I dichl't have the
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21 Q P1ne, Butl in faot, do you have invoices
22 there in front of you, without going through them all, where
23 you've paid them for design work?
24 A I oall :It jUF.lt layout work, maybe to put a
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11 flotUEllly, 1 Elnd 2 wet'e inyoices oyer 1.\ t:WO"YClII1.' IH.lI'Ind, 1I11r1 :3
12 was t:he slImmElry produoocj by CilWmngio <md hnlldUlj to my (,Ullnl:
13 at: t:he meetind,
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object:ion to the EI(~mJ.f.l13ion oc Pl,dnl:iCt:'a Iilxlllb.tt:o 1, ;J and
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Mil., DeLucml 1 havo a witnell", but: 1'111 going
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3 Q YO" faxed i~ to him, 11'1 that correot?
3 11 Yes, I ~1~f lIlts At: night,
'1 0 'l'hil3 latl:er \:hAt '13 ~a\:e(t Peqembar 9th PI? '06
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6 ,11 Yes, it ia,
'1 Q ParI: of that WAS a thrae-PElge pmposCll, is
o that oorreotl there's a oover letter and then a \:hree-page
9 prOpoeCll f inol~ding \:he oover let.ter, right?
10 ~ Pour pages,
11 Q Pour pagep with the OOVer letter?
13 A Right,
13 Q Did you have any oonversa\:iona wil:h Mt.,
14 Harvey about this proposal?
15 A Yel'l,
16 Q '1'hat night or the next day?
17 11 '1'he next day,
10 Q What were those conversations about, do YOll
19 l'emember?
20 A About that thia writ\:en proposal was a
31 consummation that we Were going to do the bllsiness, that we
~2 werB going to order ~p thisplol:t:er, speoifically which
23 plotter it would be,
24 Q In fact, in this proposal, then, to keep it
25 short, you told h1111 you needed a certain plotter, which I
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Ii 'l'lIli1 Wl'1'NIE88 I ~'hanl~ yo\.\, 13 it" , '1'his is tl
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which We pho\:oaopied <Ie a aourtesy <IS proof tl1l.'I\: it Wellt
over, It does not aount as u page,
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Q lIoW clq' you ItllPW that it clOfle not count <IS <I
pa\je ?
,,11 lIow do r lmow it doee' not ao\.\nt as a pflge?
Q Well, etdlte th<lt, On tl1ie pl.'intout it says
pages, four, does it ,not7
1\ Yes/ it; does,
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'l'he cover sheet is faKed to Mr, I'{<\rvey / you
teetified. aorrect?
'1\ Yes,
Q Plus the next four pages are faxed to him,
Ian't th<\t five pages?
1\ The firet page doesn't count,
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faur pages, really UVf;l pages are faxed to him,'
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WhAt wau tha 11.lspute'? \1/1/l t:he c:1.tl3pu\:.e oyer
. (i money \:l1a\: YOU allogad t:hat he ower.! YOll\.' oOlllpAny?
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1\t tha Uma YOtl t:old him l:hnt: he or hia
9 oompnny owetl you mIdi t.i.onal money, hml you invoiaecl him for
0).0 thoae mOneYI1?
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HOW muoh WflS the money you ,inl ti<llly tolcl
1.3 hlm that he still owed your oompany thllt hacl IIQt yet been
1<'1 invo:\ oecl fOl: servioes performecl to date by your aOIl\pany?
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'rha\: 32,000 figure wau owed,
NoW, I'll hand you what: is Defendant'l3
17 1\nswer to Plaintiff's Compla.tnt in Replevill, I'm going to
18 ask you, theverifiaation, .i.fJ this your sJ.gnature?
A No, that J.a not my signature,
Q YOLI didn't sign this'?
A I I\sked my attorney to sign 'for me, I Waa
unavailable at the moment that this had to be done, 'rhe
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2<'1 husband and Mr, Waeger all together, It: was then typed lIP by
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have any flirt her wll:neSI3Ela?
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19 arose-eXAmination, but I think we need to move on after a few
20 more questiona, Mr, DeLuae,
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MR, DeWer;: I l'lotl1ing further,
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Just for olarifiaation, the clifferenae
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o Q Did I give YPLl ildv.iae 1.\13 \:0 how t:o gel: to
9 \:he money fOl: the oOI.\ll\:erolaim?
10 A When th.i.a replev.in t\1113 replevin,.ia for
11. only one plotter, the Hewlett! Paol~arq plotter, 'I'hereia
12 anot\1et" plotter, 'l'he 32 f.i.gure repl:eaenta auppl1es to both
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.in cI.isput:e today,
Q I jus t wanted to olar:lfy that, One othe~"
Uttle t!hing, DId you eyer have, dtll:ing the Ufe of t:h.is
relat.:.i(;ll1shi.p wi.th Mr, Hl.\ryey, d.iscussions, on I.\ny ldnd of 1.\
regular or Irregular bl.\s.is, wi th regl.\rc1s t:o the i.nyo'i.oes t:hat
Ultimately aooumtlll.\ted t:O ,$32,OOO,00?
A Yes,
Q How often or not oft:en were t:hey disoussed?
A I Would say approx.imately quarterly,
Q What was d.isoussed?
A '1'he suppl1es, the c\mo'.ltlt that wae being tlsed
ancl t:he fact thl.\t .it was bu.ilding up,
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4 thllt We Were negotial:ing baole I\ncl forth t:o throw monay
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MR, Do I.,UCHlI Not:hing further,
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Oi ve us your 11I'1Ine for the reoord,
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Mr. Richey, let's juat talk abollt the
22 designs, YOII've heard Ml:, IIl\rvey talle I\bout how he has a
23 board, how he then oame to you Witll, aa I uncleratood his
24 tOFltimony, ol\11o/3t 1\ oomplete design that you only needeclto
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A Well, No, 1, Mr. Harvey is not an artist,
He WOUld oome to 111'1, yep, wil:h em initial oonoopl:,
Basioally, he would say, r want a racing oftrdbOllrd, WhAt our
people woUld r.lo :ls., \li:dng their oraphicl? design ex.pel:ienoe,
u(ilil)g clip <lrt, which might be artwork out of' C\ boolt - - but:
mostly raw de(ilign skill would ore<lte artwork, lay it out, put
it e\ll together, aoloJ:.i;>,ation, sohemes, you know, :In terms of
design(il po that it would look attraotive, put it <Ill
together, And then, of oOllrse, he would then 13ay yel3 or no,
and we might design two or three different concepts for him
to approve for hia Use,
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Q . Just for clarH,i.cat.ion, is this an exC\mpla
of one of the boards that he designed or had designed for him
before you became involved with this compllny?
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Or hepUl'ahased, yes,
'l'nIn CQlJR'1'I What. exhibit was that.?
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5 111:1.I1t bOlP:l'l, find tlwn It: WO\.lld hAVo II mmtol: opot f:or a oo1.n,'
6 <lnd Jt WOllld b<lve t:lwse munlmrs l3oi.lttorer,1 thrPll~Jhollt J.t; In
" tarlllfJ 01; pllyou\;n, Jt: Well'! tiP t;d mil: people thon to de\;ermJ.na
o wlm'\; Clr\;worle want 1.11 Where, oltflY, deaJ[Jn that urtworl,/ lElY J.t;
9 out, provJde oolor und All of those blsJ.o dosJglI nervJ.ooo,
10. (Dofelldelllt' a ruxhJb.tt: No, 5 w'up mm:),ed for
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quesUonfj about this, ,but the printer, the plotter, thJ.s iF.J
the fJize of the pAper thut J.n produoed off thElt plat te~', is
that oorreot?
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'!'um COUR'!' I Are you l:oforring to /3olllothing
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MR, W^J;)GmR I l~! vo, yea,
'!'UE COUR'!' I Okay, I now need to g i vo Mr','
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Q Doe/1 the p:l,ott:er.' lIee <l lot of oolor?
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9 How i[l mOl.i.ntenlmoe net'('J1:m.i.ned on the
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M<linten<lnce <llld cleaning nm13\: ooollr on a
10 daily \11\!31p, okOlY, el3peoJ,ally when the pI,o\:\:er 113 in llae,
11 l1Jven if the plot\:er sits idle, we at:i.ll have \:0 olellll \:he ink:
12 :je\: heads by running it throllgh an ink jet: cleml,ing pr."OCe13l3,
13 m,~nually romove the /;lttacheq piece!,! and mClllllOll.ly Glean. them
1~ with a ppeaial ole~n:lng .nuJ:d,
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It's just not like we're all used to, taking
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Applioo t:o /'In lI09c.)lm~i.\n\; who representr; both Plll.'\:if1r; in <HI
i.lo\;10n, I Imow It i.\ppUaa 1:0 li.lWYI~rEl , 1 Imow it: QppliaEl to
c1ootonl, I lmow it'll been oXPQncl13c1 to pt'iep\:a I\ncl
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'rIm COUR'I', U YOII f. inr.1 t:here' a CI quest.ton
o that you th1nlt :1.1'1 ob:jeot.j.on<1ble, jllat mAlte t.he objeot..l.on Clt
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MR, WAEOERI Pine,
l.l. JOHN I<OS'PUI<OVICH
12 oi.\lleel CIS CI wi tness' in reput (:1.\1,
13 having been tl\\ly aworn, teat: Hieel <\13 fiolloWI3' .
l.tl DIRillC'l' EXAMINJ\'.l'ION
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YoUt' 11 1.\ me for the reoortl; please,
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John Kostukovich,
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You're here pursuant to a aubpoeni.l that I
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Q You are the accountant for both C01ns
22 Unlimited Clnd Mr, HClrvey and fOI.' CinemagiQ, ip that correct?
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Yea,
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MI~, WMilGluH, Yoql.' 1I0nol:, J '111 EJoing to
objeot:, 1113 q~ready saJd he doesn't ~now,
MH, DeLUCliI, Wall, ha testifJed earlierthi:lt
t:he c\Jscul3s.ion WAs ElbO~It: Sllppliel3 I.'\ncl mat:erJ,f.\ls, I'll let:
the hlclga recolleot what: the t:el3t,lmony WElS,
'1'11m COlJR'l'1 H t:here are no further
qllestJonl3, yoU may -- d!cI you want to press thQt quest Jon?
MR, DeLUCliI, No ,
'l'IIEJ COlJR'l', O!tay, You may step down, Tlumlt
you, sir, Ml', WaegE'lr, eUcI you want: to move the aclmiasJon of
Defendant' El 1." 2, 3, 4 and 5'?
MR, WAEJOlilR, Yea, YOllr 1I0nor, 1: do,
'l'lIli1 COUR'!' I Mr, DeLuce, clo you have an'y
obj eaUon to the aclmJssJ.on of Defendant' a mxhibits 1, ;1, 3, ~
and fi?
MR, Del.,UCliIl No, Your Honor,
'l'llrn COUR'.!'I 'I'hey are admitted,
(Defendant' El mxhib,i.t: 1'108, 1., 2, 3, ~ and 5
were lIc1ll1i t tad, )
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'l'IIEJ CDUR'!', I woqlq all13Llme t:hel"e .ta !'lame l",w
on ~h.t13 aort of th.tng, I wo~lq hope ao, anYWaY, ~o, walll
g.tve you /3even qaya, If you Dan f.tnct 13ome, f.tne, If yoU
aan It:, rill r.\o my own reS\'larah anr.\ ta'y to Hnct aome, IE I
PClnlt, I'll :Iuat .tSElLle Cln Ordel",
MR. Def,UCEJI 1\nct thel"e'El no diap\.1te, YO\.1r
1I0nor, though, On a wr.tt of se.t~"re for the .ttemEl We
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'l'HEI CDURTI I ClSS\.1me not,
MI~, W1\li1GElRI No cl!Elpqte,
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Tl-IU) CDUR'l'1 I '11 lJe g:~act to Cldd. to the
Ordel:1
('l'he follow.tng was aqctect to the Orcjel: by the
Court I )
II It J,a noteq that: w.tth the e~cept.ton of
cel"tain "d.tal~etteEl, \' the pClrtiea h~ve reElolved the ql.\est:ion
of r.tght to POaseaa.ton of other items previoualy 1n d'.tapute, II,
THUJCDUR'l', Thank you, Court.tEl adjournect,
(Court was adjourned at 4136 p,m,)
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