Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., one of the owners of the World of Warcraft (WoW) computer game, is involved in a lawsuit with MDY Industries, LLC, the owner of Glider, a software program that plays WoW for its players while they are away from their keyboards. Blizzard asks the court to direct MDY to stop selling and distributing Glider. The court's opinion in the case is at MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., 616 F.Supp.2d 958 (D.Ariz. 2010). What is the name for the remedy that Blizzard is seeking? What type of remedy is it? What court decided this case? Specifically where can the court's opinion be found?
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The remedy that Blizzard asks the court to provide is an injunction¾defined as an order to do or to refrain from doing a particular act. An injunction is an equitable remedy. The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona decided this case in 2009. The opinion of the court in this case¾MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., 616 F.Supp.2d 958 (D.Ariz. 2010)¾can be found in its entirety in volume 616 of the Federal Supplement, Second Series, on page 958. The case was decided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2010.
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