Microsoft Corporation v. Motorola, Inc, et al
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Filed (ECF) Appellant Motorola Mobility, Inc. Mediation Questionnaire. Date of service: 05/11/2012. [8175490] (KMS)
Case: 12-35352
05/04/2012
ID: 8165559
DktEntry: 1-2
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Circuit Mediation Office
Phone (415) 355-7900 Fax (415) 355-8566
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/mediation
MEDIATION QUESTIONNAIRE
The purpose of this questionnaire is to help the court’s mediators provide the best possible mediation
service in this case; it serves no other function. Responses to this questionnaire are not confidential.
Appellants/Petitioners must electronically file this document within 7 days of the docketing of the case.
9th Cir. R. 3-4 and 15-2. Appellees/Respondents may file the questionnaire, but are not required to do so.
9th Circuit Case Number(s): 12-35352
District Court/Agency Case Number(s): 2:10-cv-01823-JLR
District Court/Agency Location:
Case Name: Microsoft Corp.
Seattle, Washington (W.D. Wash.)
v. Motorola, Inc., et al.
If District Court, docket entry number(s) Docket Nos. 261, 277
of order(s) appealed from:
Name of party/parties submitting this form: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
Please briefly describe the dispute that gave rise to this lawsuit.
Microsoft sued Motorola in November 2010 in the Western District of Washington for allegedly failing to license
Motorola’s patents to Microsoft at reasonable and nondiscriminatory (“RAND”) rates as required by Motorola’s
assurance to a non-governmental, standard-setting organization as to its standard-essential patents. Microsoft
seeks a declaration that Motorola has breached its contract with the standard-setting organization and seeks
declaratory and injunctive relief and damages. Separately, Motorola sued Microsoft in Germany in July 2011 for
infringing Motorola’s German patents. In March 2012, Microsoft moved in the district court to enjoin Motorola from
enforcing an anticipated German court judgment. The district court granted the motion on April 12, 2012. On May
2, 2012, the German court found infringement and issued an order that would enjoin further infringing use in
Germany.
Briefly describe the result below and the main issues on appeal.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s order of April 12, 2012, granting Microsoft a preliminary
injunction barring Motorola from enforcing the German court’s judgment, which entitles Motorola to an injunction
blocking Microsoft’s continuing infringement of German patents within Germany. The district court held that the
German proceedings might interfere with the proceedings in the Western District of Washington, even though
Motorola obtained the German judgment under German law with respect to infringement in Germany of German
patents. On appeal, Motorola will contend that the district court erred as a matter of law in entering this anti-suit
injunction and that the injunction poses undue affront to comity and proper respect for the distinct sovereign function
of the German court.
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Describe any proceedings remaining below or any related proceedings in other tribunals.
Because this appeal is from a preliminary injunction, the merits of the underlying dispute remain in the district court.
The district court is currently deciding a motion for partial summary judgment. Trial is scheduled to commence on
Monday, November 19, 2012. In addition, patent infringement claims by Motorola against Microsoft remain
pending in a related case consolidated into the district court docket.
Provide any other thoughts you would like to bring to the attention of the mediator.
Motorola Mobility, Inc., does not believe the instant dispute is susceptible to resolution through mediation given the
pronounced differences between the parties on the purely legal question of whether a U.S. district court may
properly enjoin enforcement of the judgment of another nation’s court, and the time-sensitivity of Motorola’s desire
to have its appeal heard expeditiously so that it can enforce its German judgment at the earliest opportunity.
Any party may provide additional information in confidence directly to the Circuit Mediation Office at
ca09_mediation@ca9.uscourts.gov. Please provide the case name and Ninth Circuit case number in your
message. Additional information might include interest in including this case in the mediation program,
the case’s settlement history, issues beyond the litigation that the parties might address in a settlement
context, or future events that might affect the parties’ willingness or ability to mediate the case.
CERTIFICATION OF COUNSEL
I certify that:
a current service list with telephone and fax numbers and email addresses is attached
(see 9th Circuit Rule 3-2).
I understand that failure to provide the Court with a completed form and service list
may result in sanctions, including dismissal of the appeal.
Signature
s/ Kathleen M. Sullivan
("s/" plus attorney name may be used in lieu of a manual signature on electronically-filed documents.)
Counsel for
Motorola Mobility, Inc.
Note: Use of the Appellate ECF system is mandatory for all attorneys filing in this Court, unless they are
granted an exemption from using the system. File this document electronically in Appellate ECF by
choosing Forms/Notices/Disclosure > File a Mediation Questionnaire.
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SERVICE LIST
Kathleen M. Sullivan
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
& SULLIVAN, LLP
51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-849-7000
Fax: 212-849-7100
Email: kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com
Derek L. Shaffer
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
& SULLIVAN, LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 825
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-538-8000
Fax: 202-538-8100
Email: derekshaffer@quinnemanuel.com
Arthur W. Harrigan , Jr.
DANIELSON HARRIGAN
LEYH & TOLLEFSON
999 3rd Avenue
Suite 4400
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-623-1700
Fax: 206-623-8717
Email: arthurh@dhlt.com
Brian R. Nester
SIDLEY AUSTIN (DC)
1501 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-736-8017
Fax: 202-736-8711
Email: bnester@sidley.com
Carter G. Phillips
SIDLEY AUSTIN (DC)
1501 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-736-8000
Fax: 202-736-8711
Email: cphillips@sidley.com
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Christopher T. Wion
DANIELSON HARRIGAN
LEYH & TOLLEFSON
999 3rd Avenue
Suite 4400
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-623-1700
Fax: 206-623-8717
Email: chrisw@dhlt.com
Constantine L. Trela , Jr.
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 321-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: ctrela@sidley.com
David C. Giardina
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: dgiardina@sidley.com
David Greenfield
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: david.greenfield@sidley.com
David E. Killough
MICROSOFT CORP.
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: 425-703-8865
Fax: 425-869-1327
Email: davkill@microsoft.com
David T Pritikin
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
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Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: dpritikin@sidley.com
Douglas I. Lewis
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7036
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: dilewis@sidley.com
Ellen S. Robbins
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: erobbins@sidley.com
John W. McBride
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: jwmcbride@sidley.com
Nathaniel C. Love
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: nlove@sidley.com
Richard A. Cederoth
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: rcederoth@sidley.com
T. Andrew Culbert
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MICROSOFT CORP.
One Microsoft Way
REDMOND, WA 98052
Phone: 425-706-6921
Fax: 425-869-1327
Email: andycu@microsoft.com
William H. Baumgartner , Jr.
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: wbaumgartner@sidley.com
Shane P. Cramer
DANIELSON HARRIGAN
LEYH & TOLLEFSON
999 3rd Avenue
Suite 4400
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-623-1700
Fax: 206-623-8717
Email: shanec@dhlt.com
Gabrielle Elizabeth Higgins
ROPES & GRAY LLP (CA)
1900 University Avenue
6th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94393-2284
Phone: 650-617-4015
Fax: 650-617-4090
Email: gabrielle.higgins@ropesgray.com
Jesse J. Jenner
ROPES & GRAY LLP (NY)
1211 Avenue of the Americas
35th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-596-9046
Fax: 212-596-9090
Email: jesse.jenner@ropesgray.com
Lynn M. Engel
SUMMIT LAW GROUP
315 Fifth Avenue S
4
Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98104-2682
Phone: 206-676-7000
Fax: 206-676-7001
Email: lynne@summitlaw.com
Mark D. Rowland
ROPES & GRAY LLP (CA)
1900 University Avenue
6th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94393-2284
Phone: 650-617-4016
Fax: 650-617-4090
Email: mark.rowland@ropesgray.com
Norman H. Beamer
ROPES & GRAY LLP (CA)
1900 University Avenue
6th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94393-2284
Phone: 650-617-4030
Fax: 650-617-4090
Email: norman.beamer@ropesgray.com
Paul M. Schoenhard
ROPES & GRAY (DC)
700 12th Street NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
202-508-4693
Email: paul.schoenhard@ropesgray.com
Philip S. McCune
SUMMIT LAW GROUP
315 5th Avenue S
Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-676-7000
Fax: 206-676-7001
Email: philm@summitlaw.com
Ralph H. Palumbo
SUMMIT LAW GROUP
315 Fifth Avenue S
Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98104-2682
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Phone: 206-676-7000
Fax: 206-676-7001
Email: ralphp@summitlaw.com
Stephen Pepe
ROPES & GRAY LLP (NY)
1211 Avenue of the Americas
35th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-596-9046
Fax: 212-596-9090
Email: stephen.pepe@ropesgray.com
Kevin J. Post
ROPES & GRAY (DC)
700 12th Street NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-508-4600
Fax: 202-508-4650
Email: Kevin.Post@ropesgray.com
Stuart W. Yothers
ROPES & GRAY LLP (NY)
1211 Avenue of the Americas
35th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-596-9000
Fax: 212-596-9090
Email: Stuart.Yothers@ropesgray.com
David T. Pritikin
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: dpritikin@sidley.com
John W. McBride
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: jwmcbride@sidley.com
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Richard A. Cederoth
SIDLEY AUSTIN (IL)
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-853-7000
Fax: 312-853-7036
Email: rcederoth@sidley.com
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