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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>
<p>The case's expected trial date is in September 2025.</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 &ldquo;specific performance&rdquo; (fulfilling a contract requirement in exactly the way the contract specifies) of production of complete, corresponding source code (CCS) &mdash; as defined in the various GPL Agreements (such as GPLv2 and LGPLv2.1).</p>
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<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 &mdash; 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 in September 2025.</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,