IconFind, Inc. v. Google, Inc.

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NOTICE of RELATED CASE 2:09-CV-00109 by Google, Inc.. (Malecek, Michael)

IconFind, Inc. v. Google, Inc.

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Michael J. Malecek (State Bar No. 171034) Email address: [e-mail] KAYE SCHOLER LLP Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 400 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto, California 94306 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant GOOGLE INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ICONFIND, INC., Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) v. GOOGLE INC., ) ) ) ) Defendant. ) ) ) NOTICE OF RELATED CASE Case No. 2:11-CV-00319 GEB JFM

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NOTICE OF RELATED CASE Case No. 2:11-CV-00319 GEB JFM

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NOTICE OF RELATED CASE Google Inc. files this Notice of Related Case pursuant to Local Rule 123(b). This case is related to IconFind, Inc. v. Yahoo!, Inc., Case No. 2:09-cv-109-WBS-JFM, which was filed in this District on January 13, 2009 (the "Yahoo! Matter"). In the Yahoo! Matter, IconFind, Inc. ("Iconfind") filed suit against Yahoo!, Inc., asserting that Yahoo!'s Flickr website (i.e., a photo-sharing website) infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,181,459

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Yahoo! Matter is the same patent as being asserted in the instant matter, and is being asserted, in 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 28 NOTICE OF RELATED CASE Case No. 2:11-CV-00319 GEB JFM By: /s/ Michael J. Malecek Michael J. Malecek Attorney for Defendant GOOGLE INC. Dated: March 24, 2011 Respectfully submitted, KAYE SCHOLER LLP part, against similar technologies (e.g., Google's Picasa website, a photo-sharing website), and given Judge Shubb's familiarity with the claims of the asserted patent resulting from his presiding over the Yahoo! Matter, Google believes that reassignment to Judge Shubb would conserve judicial resources and provide other economies. (i.e., the patent-in-suit in the instant matter). The Yahoo! Matter was assigned to Judge William B. Shubb. A claim construction hearing, presided over by Judge Shubb, was heard in that matter on December 7, 2009. The Yahoo! Matter was resolved shortly thereafter, with a stipulation and order of dismissal filed on March 26, 2010. The current suit involves the same plaintiff, the same patent-in-suit, and IconFind is represented by the same law firms as in the Yahoo! Matter. Because the patent-in-suit in the