Redoak Dismisses Unlicensed DVD Claims vs. Best Buy, Target, Walmart

Redoak Communications reached settlements with Best Buy, Target, Walmart and two other defendants, resolving allegations the online retailer sold unlicensed DVD and Blu-ray copies of the 1981 horror film Just Before Dawn, said the parties’ stipulation for dismissal with prejudice Monday (docket 9:23-cv-80008) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in West Palm Beach. Best Buy and Target invoked affirmative defenses March 31 in which they contended Redoak’s claims were barred by the first-sale doctrine, because once Redoak’s licensees sold products in commerce, Redoak no longer had any right to control subsequent disposition or sales of those products (see 2304020001). Each party will bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs, said the stipulation.