Mekiki Co. Ltd. et al v. Facebook Inc.

Filing 69

RESPONSE (re 66 MOTION to Stay Pending Reexamination MOTION to Bifurcate Damages from Liability ) filed byMekiki Co. Ltd., Mekiki Creates Co. Ltd.. (Florance, Scott) (Filed on 3/14/2011)

1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Harold A. Barza (Bar No. 80888)
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[e-mail]
Christopher A. Mathews (Bar No. 144021)
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[e-mail]
Scott A. Florance (Bar No. 227512)
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[e-mail]
865 S. Figueroa Street, 10th Floor
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Telephone: [phone]
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7 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Linda J. Brewer (Bar No. 217730)
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[e-mail]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
9 50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
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Facsimile: [phone]
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs MEKIKI CO., LTD. and
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION

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16 MEKIKI CO., LTD. and MEKIKI CREATES
CO., LTD.,
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Plaintiffs and
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Counter-Defendants,
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Case No. 5:10-cv-2721-LHK (HRL)
MEKIKI’S CO., LTD. AND MEKIKI
CREATES CO., LTD.’S NONOPPOSITION TO FACEBOOK, INC.’S
MOTION TO STAY

v.

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FACEBOOK, INC.,
Defendant and
Counterclaimant.

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03847.22857/4011370.1

Case No. 5:10-cv-2721-LHK (HRL)
-1MEKIKI'S NON-OPPOSITION TO FACEBOOK’S MOTION TO STAY

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Plaintiffs Mekiki Co., Ltd. and Mekiki Creates Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Mekiki”) hereby

2 submit this statement of non-opposition in response to Facebook, Inc.’s (“Facebook”) Motion to
3 Stay proceedings in this matter (D.I. 66). Mekiki agrees that a stay of the present proceedings is
4 appropriate at least until such time as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) issues its
5 decisions on Facebook’s three Petitions for Inter Partes Reexamination of the patents-in-suit, U.S.
6 Patent Nos. 6,879,985, 7,493,342, and 7,496,603.1 If the PTO grants Facebook’s Petitions, and
7 chooses to reexamine the patents-in-suit, Mekiki agrees that a stay of the present proceedings best
8 preserves both the parties’ and the Court’s resources.
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Mekiki expects to discuss the impact of the requested stay on the Case Schedule at the

10 upcoming Case Management Conference on March 16, 2011 at 2 P.M.
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12 DATED: March 14, 2011
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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
& SULLIVAN, LLP

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By s/Harold A. Barza
Harold A. Barza (Bar No. 80888)
[e-mail]
Christopher A. Mathews (Bar No. 144021)
[e-mail]
Linda J. Brewer (Bar No. 217730)
[e-mail]
Scott A. Florance (Bar No. 227512)
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants
MEKIKI CO., LTD. and MEKIKI CREATES CO.,
LTD.

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In the event the Court denies Facebook’s motion to stay, Mekiki requests the opportunity to
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damages.
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Case No. 5:10-cv-2721-LHK (HRL)
-2MEKIKI'S NON-OPPOSITION TO FACEBOOK’S MOTION TO STAY