Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd v. AU Optronics Corp. et al

Filing 70

STIPULATION AND ORDER to Consolidate Actions C11-2620 EMC and C11-3170 EMC. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 10/18/2011. (tmi, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/18/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 GEORGE RILEY (CA Bar No. 118304) griley@omm.com DARIN SNYDER (CA Bar No. 136003) dsnyder@omm.com O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3823 Telephone: (415) 984-8700 Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 MARK SAMUELS (CA Bar No. 107026) msamuels@omm.com BRIAN M. BERLINER (CA Bar No. 156732) bberliner@omm.com RYAN YAGURA (CA Bar No. 197619 ryagura@omm.com MARCUS S. QUINTANILLA (CA Bar No. 202994) mquintanilla@omm.com VISION L. WINTER (CA Bar No. 234172) vwinter@omm.com O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071-2899 Telephone: (213) 430-6000 Facsimile: (213) 430-6407 Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 19 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SAN FRANCISCO) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., ) ) v. ) ) AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, ) et al. ) ) AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, ) et al. ) ) v. ) SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., ) ) et al. ) Case No. 3:11-cv-02620-EMC Case No. 3:11-cv-03170-EMC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a) Judge: Honorable Edward M. Chen Courtroom: 5 STIPULATION 1 1. 2 WHEREAS, Case No. 3:11-cv-02620-EMC is an action for patent infringement 3 brought by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. against AUO Optronics Corporation, AUO Optronics 4 Corporation America, Acer Inc., Acer America Corp., BenQ Corp., BenQ America Corp., 5 SANYO Electronic Co., Ltd., and SANYO Manufacturing Corp., and pending before the 6 Honorable Edward M. Chen; and 2. 7 WHEREAS, Case No. 3:11-cv-03170-EMC is an action for patent infringement 8 brought by AUO Optronics Corporation and AUO Optronics Corporation America against 9 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., AT&T Mobility LLC, Best 10 Buy Stores, L.P., BestBuy.com, LLC, Best Buy Stores, L.P., and Interbond Corporation of 11 America d/b/a BrandsMart U.S.A., and likewise pending before Judge Chen; and 3. 12 WHEREAS, both of the above-referenced cases involve the parties’ respective 13 patents related to LCD and OLED technology, and are therefore likely to present common 14 questions of law and fact; and 4. 15 16 WHEREAS, the Court issued a Related Case Order regarding the above- referenced cases on August 3, 2011; and 5. 17 WHEREAS, the Court expressed its willingness to consolidate the above- 18 referenced actions during the initial case-management conference that it held for them on October 19 14, 2011; NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties in both of the above-referenced actions hereby 20 21 stipulates and agrees that the interests of efficiency and judicial economy will be served by the 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// -1- 1 consolidation of those actions for all purposes under Case No. 3:11-cv-02620-EMC pursuant to 2 Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a), and hereby requests that the Court order such consolidation. Respectfully submitted, 3 4 October 17, 2011 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 5 By 6 7 8 9 /s/ Brian M. Berliner Brian M. Berliner Marcus S. Quintanilla Vision Winter 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071-2899 Telephone: (213) 430-6000 Facsimile: (213) 430-6407 10 Counsel for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 11 12 October 17, 2011 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 13 14 By /s/ Bob Steinberg Bob Steinberg Lawrence J. Gotts Bert C. Reiser 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20004-1304 Telephone: (202) 637-2200 Facsimile: (202) 637-2201 15 16 17 18 19 Counsel for AU Optronics Corporation and AU Optronics Corporation America 20 21 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// -2- 1 October 17, 2011 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 2 3 By 4 5 6 7 8 /s/ James C. Yoon James C. Yoon S. Michael Song Albert Shih Kirin K. Gill 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 Telephone: (650) 493-9300 Facsimile: (650) 493-6811 Counsel for Acer Inc., Acer America Corporation, BenQ Corp., and BenQ America Corp. 9 10 11 October 17, 2011 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP 12 By 13 14 15 16 17 /s/ Michael A. Dorfman Michael A. Dorfman Sharyn M. Castle 525 West Monroe Street Chicago, IL 60661-3693 Telephone: (312) 902-5200 Facsimile: (312) 902-1061 Counsel for Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. and Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation 18 19 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// -3- 1 ORDER 2 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and good cause appearing therefore, it is hereby 3 ordered that Case No. 3:11-cv-02620-EMC and Case No. 3:11-cv-03170-EMC be consolidated 4 under Case No. 3:11-cv-02620-EMC. The surviving action shall be captioned: 5 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., ) Case No. 3:11-cv-02620-EMC ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) AU OPTRONICS CORP., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. ) 10 11 12 UNIT ED S IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 15 18 Dated: October ___, 2011 Honorable Edward M. Chen United States District M. Chen Judge ard dge Edw Ju NO 16 RT 17 ER H 18 RT U O 13 S DISTRICT TE C TA R NIA 9 OMM_US:70111742.2 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -4- FO 8 LI 7 A 6 N D IS T IC T R OF C

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