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1 Michael I. Katz (SBN 181728)

mkatz@mabr.com
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L. Rex Sears (SBN 294,533)
3 rsears@mabr.com
MASCHOFF BRENNAN LAYCOCK
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GILMORE ISRAELSEN & WRIGHT, PLLC
5 20 Pacifica, Suite 1130
Irvine, California 92618
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Telephone: (949) 202-1900
7 Facsimile: (949) 453-1104
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Charles J. Veverka (pro hac vice, UT State Bar No. 7,110)
9 cveverka@mabr.com
MASCHOFF BRENNAN LAYCOCK
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GILMORE ISRAELSEN & WRIGHT, PLLC
11 1389 Center Drive, Suite 300
12 Park City, Utah 84098
Telephone: (435) 252-1360
13 Facsimile: (435) 252-1361
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Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants DAN FARR PRODUCTIONS, LLC,
15 DANIEL FARR, and BRYAN BRANDENBURG
16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION, a Case No. 14-cv-1865-AJB-JMA
18 California nonprofit corporation,
19 NOTICE OF APPEAL
Plaintiff,
20 [Representation Statement
v. incorporated herein]
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DAN FARR PRODUCTIONS, a Utah limited
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liability company; and DANIEL FARR and Judge: Hon. Anthony Battaglia
23 BRYAN BRANDENBURG, individuals,
24 Defendants.
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26 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS
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1 NOTICE OF APPEAL (FED. R. APP. P. 3)

2 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
3 that Dan Farr Productions, LLC, Daniel Farr, and Bryan Brandenburg, defendants and
4 counterclaimants in the above-captioned action, hereby appeal to the United States Court
5 of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from the “Judgment in a Civil Case” (ECF Doc. 543)
6 entered on August 23, 2018 and all adverse orders embraced therein, including without
7 limitation the following:
8 • “Order: (1) Denying Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment; (2) Granting in
9 Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment; …” (ECF
10 Doc. 260);
11 • “Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff’s Request for Attorneys’
12 Fees Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(c)(2)” (ECF Doc. 522);
13 • “Order Denying Defendants’ Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law Pursuant to
14 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50” (ECF Doc. 534);
15 • “Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff’s Motion for Permanent
16 Injunction” (ECF Doc. 538); and
17 • “Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees
18 and Costs Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a)” (ECF Doc. 542).
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21 REPRESENTATION STATEMENT (FED. R. APP. P. 12; 9TH CIR. R. 3-2)
22 The undersigned represents defendants and counterclaimants Dan Farr Productions,
23 Daniel Farr, and Bryan Brandenburg, and no other party. The following table identifies
24 all parties to the action and their respective counsel, insofar as known to the undersigned,
25 by name, firm, address, telephone number, and email address, where appropriate:
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1 PARTIES COUNSEL OF RECORD

2 Plaintiff SAN DEIGO COMIC Callie A. Bjurstrom (CA State Bar No. 137816)
3 CONVENTION, a California Peter K. Hahn (CA State Bar No. 165692)
nonprofit corporation Michelle A. Herrera (State Bar No. 209842)
4 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
5 501 West Broadway, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92101-3575
6 Telephone: 619.234.5000
7 Facsimile: 619.236.1995
callie.bjurstrom@pillsburylaw.com
8 peter.hahn@pillsburylaw.com
9 michelle.herrera@pillsburylaw.com
10 Defendants DAN FARR Michael I. Katz (CA State Bar No. 181728)
11 PRODUCTIONS, a Utah limited L. Rex Sears (CA State Bar No. 294,533)
liability company; and DANIEL MASCHOFF BRENNAN LAYCOCK
12 FARR and BRYAN GILMORE ISRAELSEN & WRIGHT, PLLC
13 BRANDENBURG, individuals 20 Pacifica, Suite 1130
Irvine, California 92618
14 Telephone: (949) 202-1900
15 Facsimile: (949) 453-1104
mkatz@mabr.com
16 rsears@mabr.com
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Charles J. Veverka (UT State Bar No. 7,110)
18 MASCHOFF BRENNAN LAYCOCK
19 GILMORE ISRAELSEN & WRIGHT, PLLC
1389 Center Drive, Suite 300
20 Park City, Utah 84098
21 Telephone: (435) 252-1360
Facsimile: (435) 252-1361
22 cveverka@mabr.com
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24 DATED: September 14, 2018 MASCHOFF BRENNAN LAYCOCK
GILMORE ISRAELSEN & WRIGHT, PLLC
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26 By: /s/ L. Rex Sears
Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants
27 DAN FARR PRODUCTIONS, DANIEL FARR, and
28 BRYAN BRANDENBURG

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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
2 The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and
3 foregoing document has been served on September 14, 2018, to all counsel of record who
4 are deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF system per
5 Civil Local Rule 5.4.
6 By: /s/ L. Rex Sears

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