IconFind, Inc. v. Google, Inc.

Filing 46

REQUEST for JUDICIAL NOTICE by IconFind, Inc. in re 44 Opposition to Motion. (Baxter, Daniel)

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WILKE, FLEURY, HOFFELT, GOULD & BIRNEY, LLP
Thomas G. Redmon (SBN 47090)
[e-mail]
Daniel L. Baxter (SBN 203862)
[e-mail]
400 Capitol Mall, 22nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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NIRO, HALLER & NIRO
Raymond P. Niro (Admitted Pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Raymond P. Niro, Jr. (Admitted Pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Brian E. Haan (Admitted Pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Anna B. Folgers (Admitted Pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
181 West Madison, Suite 4600
Chicago, IL 60602-4515
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff, IconFind Inc.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ICONFIND, INC.,

Case No. 2:11-cv-00319-GEB-JFM

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Plaintiff,
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PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR
JUDICIAL NOTICE

v.
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GOOGLE INC.,
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Defendant.
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Plaintiff Iconfind, Inc. hereby requests that the Court take judicial notice, pursuant to Rule

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201 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the patent-in-suit, U.S. Patent No. 7,181,459 (“the ‘459

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Patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 7,788,274 (“the ‘274 Patent”) filed as Exhibits A and C to Plaintiff’s

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Memorandum in Opposition to Google’s Motion for Judgment, for the reasons stated below.

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PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE

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Iconfind does not oppose Defendant Google Inc.’s Request for Judicial Notice of the prosecution

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history of the ’459 Patent.
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.

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R.EVID. 201(b)(2). Where a document is in the public record and is not subject to reasonable

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dispute, it is appropriate for a Court to take judicial notice of it. Streak Products, Inc. v. Antec,

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Inc., 2010 WL 3515752, *3 (N.D. Cal. Sep. 8, 2010) (citing Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250

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F.3d 668, 689 (9th Cir. 2001). “Because [] patents are matters of public record, they are also

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appropriate subjects for judicial notice under Rule 201.” Lamle v. City of Santa Monica, 2010

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WL 3734868, *5 (C.D. Cal. Jul 23, 2010) (granting request for judicial notice of two patents)

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(citing Mack v. South Bay Beer Distrib., 798 F.2d 1279, 1282 (9th Cir. 1986)). The reasoning

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behind this rule is that a public record, such as a patent, is “not subject to reasonable dispute and

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is capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot

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reasonably be questioned.” Fujitsu Ltd. v. Belkin Intern., Inc., 2010 WL 5387920, *9 (N.D.Cal.

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Dec. 22, 2010) (granting request for judicial notice of two patents).

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The ‘459 Patent is the subject of the Complaint and Google’s Motion for Judgment on the

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Pleadings of Invalidity. The ‘274 Patent was also cited by Iconfind in its Complaint (Compl.,

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Dkt. No. 1, ¶9) and its Response in Opposition to Google’s Motion for Judgment on the

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Pleadings. Both Patents are published on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website

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and their accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.

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oppose Google’s Request for Judicial Notice (Dkt. No. 31) of the prosecution history of the ‘459

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Patent.

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PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE

For the same reasons, Iconfind does not

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CONCLUSION

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Pursuant to the foregoing, Iconfind respectfully requests that the Court take judicial notice,

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pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 201, of U.S. Patent No. 7,181,459 and U.S. Patent No.

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7,788,274 filed as an Exhibits A and C, respectively, to Iconfind’s Memorandum in Opposition to

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Google’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.

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Respectfully submitted,

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NIRO, HALLER & NIRO
Raymond P. Niro (Pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Raymond P. Niro, Jr. (Pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Brian E. Haan (Pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Anna B. Folgers (Pro hac vice)
[e-mail]

/s/ Anna B. Folgers
WILKE, FLEURY, HOFFELT, GOULD &
BIRNEY, LLP
Thomas G. Redmon (SBN 47090)
[e-mail]
Daniel L. Baxter (SBN 203862)
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff, IconFind Inc.

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