Jagex Vs Impulse Software. Agreement For Judgment

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The document details a stipulated permanent injunction, consent judgment, and dismissal with prejudice between Jagex Limited and Impulse Software, Eric Snellman, and Mark Snellman regarding copyright infringement, circumvention of technological measures, trademark infringement, computer fraud and abuse, and tortious interference with a contract.

Jagex Limited sued Impulse Software, Eric Snellman, and Mark Snellman for copyright infringement, circumvention of technological measures under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, trademark infringement, computer fraud and abuse, and tortious interference with a contract regarding their RuneScape game.

The court ordered a permanent injunction against the defendants from circumventing protective measures in Jagex games, botting, reverse engineering Jagex games, interfering with Jagex's contractual relations, transferring domains to Jagex, and other restrictions. It also entered judgment in Jagex's favor on all counts.

Stipulated Permanent Injunction, Consent Judgment, and

Dismissal with Prejudice


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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON DIVISION


JAGEX LIMITED,

PLAINTIFF,

v.

IMPULSE SOFTWARE,
ERIC SNELLMAN, and
MARK SNELLMAN

DEFENDANTS.







Case No. 1:10-cv-10216-NMG





STIPULATED PERMANENT INJUNCTION, CONSENT JUDGMENT,
AND DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

This matter is before the Court on the stipulated motion of Plaintiff, Jagex Limited
(Jagex), and Defendants, Impulse Software, Eric Snellman, and Mark Snellman (individually
and collectively Defendants), for entry of a Stipulated Permanent Injunction, Consent
Judgment, and Dismissal With Prejudice.
IT IS HEREBY FOUND, ORDERED, ADJUDGED as follows:
1. Judgment is entered in Jagexs favor and against Defendants on Count I of
the First Amended Complaint Copyright Infringement Under Federal Law.
2. Judgment is entered in Jagexs favor and against Defendants on Count II of
the First Amended Complaint Circumvention of Technological Measures Under the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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3. Judgment is entered in Jagexs favor and against Defendants on Count III of
the First Amended Complaint Trademark Infringement Under Federal Law.
4. Judgment is entered in Jagexs favor and against Defendants on Count IV of
the First Amended Complaint Computer Fraud and Abuse Under Federal Law.
5. Judgment is entered in Jagexs favor and against Defendants on Count V of
the First Amended Complaint Tortious Interference with Contract.
6. This Court permanently enjoins Defendants and those persons or companies
in active concert or participation with Defendants who receive actual notice of this Order by
personal service or otherwise from:
i. Circumventing under the DMCA of any game owned, developed, or
published by Jagex, now or in the future (Jagex Game);
ii. Trafficking under the DMCA regarding any Jagex Game;
iii. Botting in any Jagex Game;
iv. Attempting to reverse engineer or circumvent any protective measure(s) in
any Jagex Game;
v. Providing any assistance or instructions to anyone attempting to reverse
engineer or circumvent any protective measure(s) in any Jagex Game;
vi. Interfering in Jagexs contractual relations with users of any Jagex Game,
including restricting the Defendants from performing software
development, sales, consulting, or having involvement in any way with
any software that interacts with any Jagex Game;

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vii. Playing any Jagex Game;
viii. Creating, maintaining, assisting, or providing any advice or technical
instruction to any third party with respect to any Jagex Game including,
but not limited to, any software development, code release, website
development or maintenance, botting, cheating, gold farming or otherwise
violating any Terms of Service for any Jagex Game;
ix. Publicly disclosing, or disclosing to any party, any portion of the source
code for any of Defendants bots; and
x. Making any written or oral statement(s), comment(s), press release(s), or
Internet post(s) referring or relating to this litigation, this Order,
RuneScape, Jagex, or responding to anything Jagex states or discloses in
the future regarding Defendants or any of the foregoing.
7. Defendants hereby transfer and agree to transfer to Jagex ownership of all
domain names owned by Defendants including, but not limited to, http://www.rscheata.net,
http://www.impsoft.net, and http://www.oembots.com. Defendants are ordered to take all
steps necessary to effectuate this transfer.
8. Defendants shall transfer to Jagexwithin 10 days of entry of this Order
any and all document(s), writing(s), or recording(s) as defined under Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a) or
Fed. R. Evid. 1001 that relate to Defendants bots including, but not limited to, source code,
scripts, development documents, manuals, instructions, and copies of any of the foregoing.

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9. After transfer to Jagex of the document(s), writing(s), or recording(s)
required in Paragraph 8, Defendants shall, within 10 days of entry of this Order:
i. destroy all copies of such document(s), writing(s), or recording(s);
ii. provide written certification to Jagex that Defendants have not retained
any copies of any such document(s), writing(s), or recording(s);
iii. provide written certification to Jagex that Defendants have not provided
any copies of such document(s), writing(s), or recording(s) to any other
party; and
iv. provide written certification to Jagex that Defendants have not provided
any copies of their source code to any third parties, other than the copy
provided to Jagexs attorneys during the course of this litigation.
10. Within 10 days of the entry of this Order, Defendants shall deliver to Jagex
an executed copy of the public apology as set forth in Exhibit A and shall post the executed
public apology on each and every one of Defendants websitesin lieu of all content
currently thereonincluding, but not limited to, http://www.rscheata.net,
http://www.impsoft.net, and http://www.oembots.com. This Order shall not limit any rights
Jagex has to distribute or further disseminate the public apology.
11. Within 10 days of the entry of this Order, Defendants shall identify and
provide all contact information in their possession to Jagex for all current or past resellers,
script developers, code developers, and customers for any product marketed, licensed, or
sold by Defendants dealing with any Jagex Game.

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12. Within 10 days of the entry date of this Order, Defendants shall make a First
Payment to Jagex to compensate it for its damages and attorneys fees. By no later than
December 31, 2012, Defendants shall make a Second Payment to Jagex in further
compensation for its damages and attorneys fees. The amounts of the First Payment and
the Second Payment are set forth in Exhibit B to this Stipulated Permanent Injunction,
Consent Judgment, and Dismissal with Prejudice which will be filed under seal if
permission is given by the Court in a concurrently filed Motion to Seal Exhibit.
13. Defendants Second Payment to Jagex shall be secured by a lien on
Defendants home located at 3012 Bellwind Circle, Rockledge, Florida 32955. The lien
shall be for 200% of the amount of the Second Payment in order to cover any attorneys fees
or costs incurred by Jagex in the event that it needs to execute on the lien due to non-
payment by Defendants.
14. Defendants shall bear their own fees and costs to prepare the security
instrument and provide the proposed security instrument to Jagex for its approval within 10
days of the date of this Order. Defendants shall bear their own fees and costs to record the
security instrument after approval by Jagex. After Defendants make the Second Payment to
Jagex, Defendants shall provide to Jagex a proposed satisfaction of lien, which Jagex will
execute and Defendants may then file to remove the lien from the home.
15. Any failure by Defendants to comply with this Order will cause Jagex to
incur substantial economic damages and losses of types and in amounts that are impossible
to compute and ascertain with certainty as a basis for recovery by Jagex of its actual

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damages, attorneys fees, and costs. Consequently, liquidated damages represent a fair,
reasonable and appropriate estimate thereof. Accordingly, in lieu of actual damages for any
such breach, this Court orders and Defendants agree that liquidated damages may be
assessed and recovered by Jagex against Defendants, in the event of breach and without
Jagex being required to present any evidence of the amount or character of actual damages,
attorneys fees, or costs sustained by reason thereof; therefore Defendants shall be liable to
Jagex for payment of liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000,000 (U.S.). Such
liquidated damages are intended to represent estimated actual damages, attorneys fees, and
costs, and are not intended as a penalty, and Defendants shall pay them to Jagex in the event
of a breach of this Order in addition to any other relief the Court deems just and proper.
16. The precise payment amounts recited in Exhibit B of this Order shall be
treated by Jagex and Defendants as Confidential under the Protective Order in this case and
shall not be disclosed publicly. However, Jagex shall be free to represent generically to the
public that the amount this Order required Defendants to pay Jagex for its damages and
attorneys fees was in excess of six figures. There is no restriction on Jagexs disclosure
of any other portion of this Order. Other than this prohibition regarding Exhibit B, nothing
contained herein shall restrict or otherwise limit anything Jagex may state or disclose
regarding this litigation, this Order, or Defendants.
17. This Order shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Jagex and
Defendants as well as each of their respective subsidiaries, corporate parents, affiliates,
and/or successors and assigns.

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18. All claims between Jagex and Defendants that were raised in this case are
hereby dismissed with prejudice, with each party to bear its own costs and attorneys fees
except as noted above.
19. Jagex and its attorneys, except for the obligations created in this Order,
hereby unconditionally release the Defendants and their attorneys from any and all present
claims, actions, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, and causes of action of every nature
and description, known or unknown, asserted in, arising out of, or connected with the
subject matter of this case, or that could have been asserted in connection with this case,
which Jagex or its attorneys ever had, may have had or now has against Defendants and
their attorneys.
20. Defendants and their attorneys, except for the obligations created in this
Order, hereby unconditionally release Jagex, their employees, agents, contractors and
subcontractors, representatives and attorneys from any and all present claims, actions,
demands, losses, damages, liabilities, and causes of action of every nature and description,
known or unknown, asserted in, arising out of, or connected with the subject matter of this
case, or that could have been asserted in connection with this case, which Defendants and
their attorneys ever had, may have had or now has against Jagex, their employees, agents,
contractors and subcontractors, representatives and attorneys.
21. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over Jagex and Defendants to the extent
necessary to enforce the terms of this Order.

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22. Defendants stipulate and agree that all payments, damages, attorneys fees,
and costs provided herein including, but not limited to, those recited Paragraphs 12, 13, and
15 of this Order are not dischargeable in bankruptcy under one or more provisions of 11
U.S.C. 523.

Dated this 17
th
day of January 2012.
IMPULSE SOFTWARE, et al.
By their attorneys,

/s/ Terry M. Sanks
JAGEX, LTD.
By its attorneys,

/s/ Erin E.Bryan
Terry M. Sanks (Florida Bar No. 0154430)
Amber N. Davis (Florida Bar No. 0026628)
BEUSSE WOLTER SANKS
MORA & MAIRE, P.A.
390 North Orange Avenue, Suite 2500
Orlando, Florida 32801
Telephone: (407) 926-7700
Facsimile: (407) 926-7720
Lead Counsel to Defendants

-And-

Ieuan G. Mahony (BBO #552349)
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
10 St. James Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Telephone: (617) 523-2700

Local Counsel to Defendants
Timothy C. Meece
V. Bryan Medlock
BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.
10 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3000
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel. (312) 463-5000
Fax. (312) 463-5001

Ross A. Dannenberg
Christopher B. Roth
BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.
1100 13th Street, NW, Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: (202) 824-3000
Facsimile: (202) 824-3001

Peter McDermott (BBO No. 330760)
Erin E. Bryan (BBO No. 675955)
BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.
28 State Street, Suite 1800
Boston, MA 02109-1705
Telephone: (617) 720-9600
Facsimile: (617) 720-9601

Counsel for Plaintiff

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