IconFind, Inc. v. Google, Inc.

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REQUEST for JUDICIAL NOTICE by Google, Inc. in re 30 Memorandum in Support of Motion, 29 Motion for Judgment (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1-1, # 2 Exhibit 1-2, # 3 Exhibit 1-3)(Malecek, Michael) Modified on 4/18/2011 (Duong, D).

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Michael J. Malecek (State Bar No. 171034)
Email address: [e-mail]
Kenneth Maikish (State Bar No. 267265)
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]

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Attorneys for Defendant
GOOGLE INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ICONFIND, INC.,

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Plaintiff,

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DEFENDANT GOOGLE INC.’S
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GOOGLE INC.,

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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
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Defendant Google Inc. hereby requests that the Court take judicial notice, pursuant to

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Rule 201 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, of the prosecution history of U.S. Patent No.

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7,181,459, filed as an exhibit to this Request, for the reasons set forth below. For ease of

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reference, selected portions of the prosecution history are filed as exhibits to Defendant Google

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Inc.’s Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings Of Invalidity Of U.S. Patent No. 7,181,459, filed

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herewith.

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ARGUMENT

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A court may take judicial notice of a fact that is “capable of accurate and ready

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determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.” FED. R.

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EVID. 201(b)(2). It is well-settled that records and reports from government agencies are the

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proper subject of judicial notice. See e.g., Barron v. Reich, 13 F. 3d 1370, 1377 (9th Cir. 1994)

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(judicial notice may be taken of “[r]ecords and reports of administrative bodies”); Interstate

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Natural Gas Co. v. Southern California Gas Co., 209 F. 2d 380, 385 (9th Cir. 1953) (“We may

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take judicial notice of records and reports of administrative bodies.”).

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Courts in this Circuit and across the country routinely take judicial notice of records from

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the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“PTO”) including prosecution and reexamination

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histories. See e.g., Kristar Enters., Inc. v. Revel Envtl. Mktg., Inc., No. 98-3094, 1999 WL 66135,

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at *3 (N.D. Cal., Feb. 9, 1999) (citing to judicially noticed prosecution history of a patent);

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Viskase Corp. v. Am. Nat. Can Co., 261 F. 3d 1316, 1327, 1328 n. 2 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (taking

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judicial notice of PTO reexamination proceedings and outcomes); Standard Havens Prods., Inc.

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v. Gencor Indus., Inc., 897 F.2d 511, 514 n. 3 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (taking judicial notice of a PTO

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Office Action because it was part of the public record).

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Because the prosecution history of U.S. Patent No. 7,181,459 is officially published on the

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PTO website, it is ascertainable, verifiable and its accuracy cannot be reasonably questioned. See

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Kos Pharm., Inc. v. Andrx Corp., 369 F. 3d 700, 705 n. 5 (3d Cir. 2004) (taking judicial notice of

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a Notice of Allowance available on the PTO website); FED. R. EVID. 201(b)(2).

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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
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CONCLUSION

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Pursuant to the foregoing authorities, Google Inc. respectfully requests that the Court take

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judicial notice, pursuant to Rule 201 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, of the prosecution history

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of U.S. Patent No. 7,181,459, filed as an exhibit to this Request.

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Dated: April XXX, 2011

Respectfully submitted,
KAYE SCHOLER LLP

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By: /s/ Michael J. Malecek
Michael J. Malecek
Attorney for Defendant
GOOGLE INC.

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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
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