In Re Sony PS3 "Other OS" Litigation

Filing 118

Request for Judicial Notice re 116 MOTION to Compel ; Memorandum of Points and Authorites filed bySony Computer Entertainment America Inc, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. (Related document(s) 116 ) (Ott, Carter) (Filed on 12/15/2010)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DLA PIPER LLP (US) S A N FR A N C I S C O LUANNE SACKS, Bar No. 120811 luanne.sacks@dlapiper.com CARTER W. OTT, Bar No. 221660 carter.ott@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER LLP (US) 555 Mission Street, Suite 2400 San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel: 415.836.2500 Fax: 415.836.2501 Attorneys for Defendant SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC (erroneously sued as "Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.") UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION In re SONY PS3 "OTHER OS" LITIGATION CASE NO. 3:10-CV-01811 RS (EMC) REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL Date: Time: Judge: Courtroom: February 9, 2011 10:30 a.m. Hon. Edward M. Chen C WEST\222857961.1 REQ. FOR JUD. NOT. ISO MOTION TO COMPEL CASE NO. 3:10-CV-01811 RS (EMC) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DLA PIPER LLP (US) S A N FR A N C I S C O Defendant Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC ("SCEA") respectfully requests that the Court take judicial notice of certain documents and information cited in its Motion to Compel, filed herewith. I. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 201, SCEA requests that the Court take judicial notice of the following documents, each of which is attached to the accompanying Declaration of Carter Ott ("Ott Declaration"). 1. System Software License Agreement (Version 1.4) for the PlayStationŽ3 System. Ott Declaration, Exhibit A. 2. Terms Of Service And User Agreement for the PlayStationŽNetwork, Version 7.0. Ott Declaration, Exhibit B. 3. A screenshot from the website of Meiselman Denlea Packman Carton & Eberz P.C. Ott Declaration, Exhibit QQ. II. JUDICIAL NOTICE IS APPROPRIATE A. The Court May Take Judicial Notice Of Documents Incorporated By Reference In The Consolidated Complaint Federal Rule of Evidence 201 allows a court to take judicial notice of, inter alia, adjudicative facts "not subject to reasonable dispute in that [they are] . . . capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned." Here, the Court may take judicial notice of these documents, attached to the Ott Declaration, as they are not subject to reasonable dispute and are capable of accurate and ready determination by reference to the Internet.1 1 United States v. Ritchie, 342 F.3d 903, 908 (9th Cir. 2003); Wible v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 375 F. Supp. 2d 956, 965 (C.D. Cal. 2005) (courts regularly take judicial notice of matters available on the Internet); Caldwell v. Caldwell, 2006 WL 618511 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 13, 2006); O'Toole v. Northrop Grumman Corp., 499 F.3d 1218, 1225 (10th Cir. 2007); Highfields Capital Mgmt., L.P. v. Doe, 385 F. Supp. 2d 969, 971-72 (N.D. Cal. 2005); Ligotti v. Garofalo, 562 F. Supp. 2d 204, 212 (D.N.H. 2008) (taking judicial notice of four comments made on Internet blog). -1- WEST\222857961.1 REQ. FOR JUD. NOT. ISO MOTION TO COMPEL CASE NO. 3:10-CV-01811 RS (EMC) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DLA PIPER US LLP S A N FR A N C I S C O Dated: December 15, 2010 DLA PIPER LLP (US) By: /s/ Luanne Sacks LUANNE SACKS Attorneys for Defendant SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC -2WEST\222857961.1 REQ. FOR JUD. NOT. ISO MOTION TO COMPEL CASE NO. 3:10-CV-01811 RS (EMC)

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