Positive Technologies Inc. v. Sony Electronics Inc et al

Filing 246

ORDER re: claim construction experts (as modified) (tf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/6/2012)

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Thomas M. Dunham (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
J. Michael Woods (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
NOVAK DRUCE + QUIGG LLP
300 New Jersey Avenue
Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20001
J. Scott Denko (Pro Hac Vice) (Texas State Bar Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
No. 00792457)
Bradley D. Coburn (Pro Hac Vice) (Texas
Stephanie R. Wood (State Bar No. 242572)
State Bar No. 24036377)
[e-mail]
Steven J. Lauff (Pro Hac Vice) (Texas State
NOVAK DRUCE + QUIGG LLP
Bar No. 24013011)
555 Mission Street
DENKO COBURN LAUFF LLP
Thirty-Fourth Floor
1501 South MoPac Expressway, No. A315
San Francisco, CA 94105
Austin, TX 78746
Telephone: [phone]
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant
[e-mail]
DELL INC.
[e-mail]
Perry R. Clark (California Bar No. 197101)
LAW OFFICES OF PERRY R. CLARK
825 San Antonio Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Counsel for Plaintiff
POSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

ADDITIONAL COUNSEL LISTED ON
SIGNATURE PAGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
POSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
Plaintiff,

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SONY ELECTRONICS, INC., ACER)
AMERICA CORPORATION, GATEWAY,)
INC., DELL INC., ASUS COMPUTER)
INTERNATIONAL, MSI COMPUTER)
CORPORATION, AMAZON.COM, INC.,)
BARNES & NOBLE, INC., AND KOBO)
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INC.,
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Defendants,

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STIPULATION REGARDING USAGE OF
CLAIM CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS
AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF EXPERT
DRAFTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

STIPULATION REGARDING USAGE OF CLAIM CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF
EXPERT DRAFTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
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CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.,

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Intervenor.

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Defendants Sony Electronics, Inc., Dell Inc., ASUS Computer International, MSI Computer

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Corporation, Amazon.com, Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc., Kobo Inc., and Intervenor Chunghwa Picture

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Tubes, Ltd. (cumulatively “Defendants”) and Plaintiff Positive Technologies Inc. (“PTI”) hereby

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stipulate and agree that our claim construction experts shall provide opinion testimony in the form of

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expert declarations in lieu of providing live testimony at the Court’s May 31, 2012 Markman

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hearing.

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The parties further stipulate and agree to confidentiality regarding testifying experts

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including claim construction experts that provide testimony in the form of declarations. Specifically,

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the parties agree that any communications with testifying experts and any draft declarations and

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reports are not discoverable in accordance with Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 26 except, and only, to the

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extent that they (i) relate to compensation for the expert's study or testimony, or (ii) identify facts or
data that the party's attorney provided and that the expert considered in forming the opinions to be
expressed. In an effort to avoid future disputes as to the meaning of what constitutes an
“assumption”, the parties further agree Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 26(b)(4)(C)(iii) shall not be in effect and
communications that “identify assumptions that the party's attorney provided and that the expert
relied on in forming the opinions to be expressed” shall also be regarded as protected, nondiscoverable work product.
This stipulation affirms, and in certain respects expands, the scope of protection provided for
in Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 26(b)(4)(B)-(C), and nothing herein is intended to, or shall be construed to,
in any way limit the protection provided for in Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 26(b)(4)(B)-(C).

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Dated: January 5, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
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ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF POSITIVE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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/s/ Perry Clark
Perry R. Clark
LAW OFFICES OF PERRY R. CLARK
825 San Antonio Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
J. Scott Denko (Pro Hac Vice)
(Texas State Bar No. 00792457)
Bradley D. Coburn (Pro Hac Vice)
(Texas State Bar No. 24036377)
Steven J. Lauff (Pro Hac Vice)
(Texas State Bar No. 24013011)
DENKO COBURN LAUFF LLP
1501 South MoPac Expressway, No. A315
Austin, TX 78746
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT SONY
ELECTRONICS, INC.
/s/ Kevin P.B. Johnson
Kevin P.B. Johnson
Jim Glass
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN
555 Twin Dolphin Drive
5th Fl
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
650-801-5000
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
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AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
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ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DELL,
INC.
/s/ Thomas M. Dunham
Thomas M. Dunham (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
J. Michael Woods (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
NOVAK DRUCE + QUIGG LLP
300 New Jersey Avenue
Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Stephanie R. Wood
[e-mail]
NOVAK DRUCE + QUIGG LLP
555 Mission St
Thirty Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL

ASUS

/s/ Karen I. Boyd
Karen I. Boyd
Joshua M. Masur
Steven W. Flanders
TURNER BOYD LLP
2570 W El Camino Real
Suite 380
Mountain View, CA 94306
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
COMPUTER CORPORATION

MSI

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/S/ William James Brown, Jr
William James Brown, Jr
Janet S. Park
BROWN WEGNER & BERLINER LLP
2603 Main Street
Suite 1050
Irvine, CA 92614
949-705-0080
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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ATTORNEYS
FOR
AMAZON.COM, INC.

DEFENDANT

/s/ Stephen J. Joncus
Stephen J. Joncus
John D. Vandenberg
Philip Warrick
KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP
121 S.W. Salmon Street, Suite 1600
Portland, OR 97204-2988
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 503-595-5301
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Edward C. Duckers
Craig A. Carnes, jr.
STOEL RIVES LLP
555 Montgomery Street, Suite 1288
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile : [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT BARNES
& NOBLE, INC.

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/s/ William H. Baker
William H. Baker
ALSTON & BIRD LLP
90 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-1387
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Steven D. Hemminger
Jennifer Liu
Palani P. Rathinasamy
ALSTON & BIRD LLP
275 Middlefield Road, Suite 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT KOBO
INC.

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/s/ Robert Thomas Haslam , III
Robert Thomas Haslam , III
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 700
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Bhanu K Sadasivan
COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP
333 Twin Dolphin Dr.
Suite 700
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
650-632-4712
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Email: [e-mail]

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ATTORNEYS
FOR
INTERVENOR
CHUNGWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.

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/s/ Steven M. Levitan
James M. Godner
Russ Emerson
Steven M. Levitan
HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
2033 Gateway Place, Suite 300
San Jose, California 95110
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: _____________, 2012
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the court anticipates that declarations relating to claim construction will be filed openly, not
under seal"

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CERTIFICATION BY STEPHANIE WOOD PURSUANT TO GENERAL RULE. NO. 45,

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SECTION X, RE E-FILING ON BEHALF OF MULTIPLE SIGNATORIES

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associate in the law firm of Novak Druce + Quigg LLP, counsel for defendant Dell Inc. The

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statements herein are made on my personal knowledge and if called as a witness I could and would

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testify thereto.

I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the states of California and Texas, and an

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2.

The above e-filed document contains multiple signatures. I declare that concurrence has been

obtained from each of the other signatories to file this jointly prepared document with the Court.
Pursuant to General Rule No. 45, I shall maintain records to support this concurrence for subsequent
production for the Court if so ordered, or for inspection upon request by a party until one year after
final resolution of the action (including appeal, if any).

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing
is true and correct.
Executed this 5th day of January 2012, at San Francisco, California.
/s/ Stephanie R. Wood
Stephanie R. Wood (State Bar No. 242572)

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