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MLB Pitch Tracking Was Sued For Source Code Now Case Law and Github Cite for Disclosure

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 26 – Sportvision Inc. sued Major League Baseball Advance Media in 2018, for allegedly stealing its technology.

Since then, 150 docket entries and two interested parties: Hawk-Eye Innovations North America and TrackMan, Inc. 

   On November 25 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Debra C. Freeman held a four-hour discovery proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.

    There was talk about seeking information from Denmark under the Hague Convention. There were questions about how a pitch is tracked, from hand to catcher's glove or bat.  

 Finally representing MLB Advanced Media LP Allyson Julien of Goldman Ismael in Chicago said it was up to the plaintiffs to say what their trade secrets are, not to poke around in MLB's documents to find things and "reverse engineer" them. 

 Judge Freeman said she would now go through the docket ruling on outstanding motions. Much of the docket was sealed -- and still is.

Jump cut to May 26, 2022 - the case has been transferred to new Magistrate Judge Valerie Figuerdo. She told they parties she is reviewing the still pending motions, including one for Rule 11 sanctions. That is by MLB, insisting that did not have any obligation to continue the operation of PITCHf/x after 2016. She said that argument will be in person.

On August 19, Judge Figueredo held another lengthy discovery conference. Afterward, on August 25, counsel for the plaintiff SportsMEDIA Technology Corp. sent in a letter with case law supporting its request for source code changelogs - and included a link to github.

The case is Sportvision, Inc et al v. MLB Advanced Media L.P., 18-cv-3025 (Gardephe / Figuerdo)

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