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<h1>Current Status of Vizio Case</h1>
<p>We are awaiting the filing of Vizio's reply to our our motion for summary adjudication.</p>
<h3>History of Vizio Case</h3>
<p>On October 19, 2021, SFC filed a third-party beneficiary contract <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-complaint-2021-10-19.pdf">lawsuit</a> against Vizio in California State Court in Orange County, CA. Our <a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#complaint">complaint</a> demands <em>no financial compensation</em> but instead asks for what truly matters with regard to software rights and freedom: the “specific performance” (fulfilling a contract requirement in exactly the way the contract specifies) of production of complete, corresponding source code (CCS) — as defined in the various GPL Agreements (such as GPLv2 and LGPLv2.1).</p>
<p>Vizio has still not provided CCS for their televisions to SFC, and so our lawsuit continues. Instead, Vizio <a href="/blog/2021/dec/28/vizio-update-1/">attempted to “remove”</a> the case to federal court (arguing that copyright claims <em>preempted</em> our third-party beneficiary contract claim). We <a href="/news/2022/may/16/vizio-remand-win/">succeeded in our motion to remand the case back to state court</a>; the federal judge <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808.30.0.pdf">agreed that our case included an “extra element”</a> not covered by copyright.</p>
<p>After several months of litigation back in state court, Vizio <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/2023-4-28_VIZIOs_Motion_for_Summary_Judgment_with_Reservation.pdf">filed for</a> <a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#summary-judgment">summary judgment</a> in the state court <em>again</em> arguing copyright preemption. The state court is not bound by the federal court's ruling against preemption, so Vizio was able to essentially re-argue its motion to dismiss. (Vizio also argued that the GPL Agreements have no third-party beneficiaries — which was the first time Vizio has tried to attack these claims substantively). On 29 December 2023, the judge <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/Order_Denying_Vizio_Motion_for_Summary_Judgement_12-29-23.pdf"><strong>denied</strong> Vizio's motion for summary judgment</a>. </p>
<p>On 1 December 2023, SFC filed
a <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio_2023-12-01_SFC-Motion-Summary-Adjudication.pdf">motion
for summary adjudication</a>.</p>
<p>The case's expected trial date is later in 2024.</p>
<h3>Portions of Interest from the Docket in the Vizio Case</h3>
Below are documents from the docket(s) in this SFC v. Vizio case of interest,
provided in (roughly) chronological order:
<ul>
<br>
<li><a
href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-complaint-2021-10-19.pdf">SFC's
Original Complaint (2021-10-19)</li>
<li><h5>Removal (to federal court) and Remand (to state court)</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808.1.0.pdf">Vizio's Motion to Remove (to federal court)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808.14.0_1.pdf">SFC's Motion to Remand (to state court)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808.24.0_1.pdf">Vizio's Opposition of SFC's Motion to Remand (to state court)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808.32.0.pdf">Transcript of the hearing of the motion to remand</a></li>
<li><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808.30.0.pdf"><strong>Decision by the federal court to remand the case to state court</strong></a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><h5>Vizio's Motion for Summary Judgment</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/2023-4-28_VIZIOs_Motion_for_Summary_Judgment_with_Reservation.pdf">Vizio's Motion for Summary Judgment</li>
<li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/SFC_response_to_summary_judgement.pdf">SFC's response to Vizio's Motion for Summary Judgment</li>
<li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/Vizio_summary_judgement_reply_brief.pdf">Vizio's reply to SFC's response to Vizio's Motion for Summary Judgment</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/Transcript_Full_Vizios_MSJ_HearingDeptC-33.231005.pdf">Full transcript from the hearing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/Order_Denying_Vizio_Motion_for_Summary_Judgement_12-29-23.pdf"><strong>Judge's
ruling denying Vizio's Motion for Summary Judgment</strong></a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a
href="https://usethesource.sfconservancy.org/tmp_vizio_docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-first_amended_complaint-2024-01-10.pdf">SFC's
First Amended Complaint (2024-01-10)</li>
<li><h5>SFC's Motion for Summary Adjudication</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio_2023-12-01_SFC-Motion-Summary-Adjudication.pdf">SFC's
Motion for Summary Adjudication</a></li>
<li><a href="https://usethesource.sfconservancy.org/tmp_vizio_docs/Vizio_response_to_motion_summary_adjudication.pdf">Vizio's
response to SFC's Motion for Summary Adjudication</a></li>
<li><a href="https://usethesource.sfconservancy.org/tmp_vizio_docs/SFC_motion_summary_adjudication_reply_brief.pdf">SFC's
reply to Vizio's response to SFC's Motion for Summary Adjudication</a></li>
<li><a href="https://usethesource.sfconservancy.org/tmp_vizio_docs/order_partially_granting_SFC_motion_summary_adjudication.pdf">Judge's
ruling partially granting SFC's Motion for Summary Adjudication</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h3>MEDIA CONTACT</h3>
You can reach out media team at <a href="mailto:media@sfconservancy.org"><media@sfconservancy.org></a></p>
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