GeoTag, Inc. v. Zoosk, Inc.

Filing 172

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 170 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER [JOINT] FOR EXTENSION OF REMAINING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES filed by Zoosk, Inc. Claims Construction Hearing reset for 4/28/2014 02:30 PM. Tutorial Hearing reset for 4/14/2014 02:30 PM in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 12/17/13. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/17/2013)

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

F ENWICK & W EST LLP

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DAVID R. BENNETT (PRO HAC VICE)
[e-mail]
DIRECTION IP LAW
P.O. BOX 14184
Chicago, IL 60614-0184
Telephone:
312.291.1667
Facsimile:
773.244.1070
JEFFREY A. TINKER
(PRO HAC VICE PENDING)
[e-mail]
Winstead PC
500 Winstead Building
2728 N. Harwood Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
JOSEPH A. GRECO (Cal. Bar No. 104476)
[e-mail]
KIMBERLY P. ZAPATA (Cal. Bar No. 138291)
[e-mail]
Beck, Bismonte & Finley, LLP
150 Almaden Boulevard, 10th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 408.938.0790

CHARLENE M. MORROW (CSB No.
136411)
[e-mail]
PATRICK E. PREMO (CSB No. 184915)
[e-mail]
HECTOR J. RIBERA (CSB No. 221511)
[e-mail]
KATHLEEN LU (CSB No. 267032)
[e-mail]
BRIAN E. LAHTI (CSB No. 278951)
[e-mail]
FENWICK & WEST LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Telephone:
650.988.8500
Facsimile:
650.938.5200
Attorneys for Defendant and
Counterclaimant
ZOOSK, INC.

Attorneys for Plaintiff and CounterclaimDefendant
GEOTAG, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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GEOTAG, INC.,

Case No.: 13-cv-00217-EMC

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER FOR
EXTENSION OF REMAINING CLAIM
CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES

ZOOSK, INC.,
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Defendant.

Date Action Filed: September 13, 2011
Trial Date: None set

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AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.

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JOINT STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXT.
OF REMAINING CLAIM CONST. DEADLINES

CASE NO.: 13-cv-00217-EMC

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Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2 and Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiff GeoTag, Inc. (“GeoTag”) and

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Defendant Zoosk, Inc. (“Zoosk”) (collectively, the “Parties”), stipulate as recited below and

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jointly request that the Court amend the current Claim Construction Scheduling Order [Dkt. No.

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133] as set forth below.

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WHEREAS, the Court, by Order dated April 2, 2013 [Dkt. No. 133], issued a scheduling
order setting forth the case schedule through claim construction;
WHEREAS, the Court, modified that schedule by orders dated July 24, 2013 [Dkt. No.
146], August 15, 2013 [Dkt. No. 152] and October 2, 2013 [Dkt. No. 164];
WHEREAS, the October 2, 2013 modification reset GeoTag’s opening claim construction
briefing to December 23, 2013, Zoosk’s responsive claim construction briefing to January 6,

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2014, and the Markman hearing to February 10, 2014;

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WHEREAS, GeoTag’s trial in the case titled GeoTag, Inc. v. Frontier Communc’s Corp.

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et al., Case No. 2:10-cv-00265-JRG (E.D. Tex. filed July 23, 2010) (Gilstrap, J.) has been reset

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from December 2, 2013 to March 10, 2014;

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WHEREAS, GeoTag is set to begin trial in the case titled Microsoft Corp. et al. v.

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GeoTag, Inc., Case No. 11-cv-00175-RGA (D. Del. filed March 1, 2011) (Andrews, J.) on April

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21, 2014;

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WHEREAS, new counsel of record for GeoTag entered appearances on November 13,
2013 [Dkt. Nos. 167 and 168] and on December 10, 2103 [Dkt. No. 169];
WHEREAS, the Parties agree to the below extension of all remaining claim construction

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deadlines to allow new counsel for GeoTag the necessary time to come up to speed to this action,

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as well as, to allow the Court the benefit of the rulings from GeoTag’s trial in the Eastern District

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of Texas;

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THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE and jointly request that, in view of the foregoing,
the case schedule shall be modified as set forth below:
Event
Opening claim construction briefing by
GeoTag

Current Date

Proposed Date

12/23/2013

2/24/2014

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JOINT STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXT.
OF REMAINING CLAIM CONST. DEADLINES

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Responsive claim construction briefing by
Zoosk

1/6/2014

3/10/2014

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Reply claim construction briefing by
GeoTag

1/13/2014

3/17/2014

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Tutorial

1/27/2014

Week of 4/14/2014 2:30 pm

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Markman Hearing and Further CMC

2/10/2014

Week of 4/21/2014
4/28/14 2:30pm

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Dated: December 13, 2013 2013

FENWICK & WEST LLP

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By: /s/ Brian E. Lahti
Brian E. Lahti
Attorneys for Defendant and
Counterclaimant
Zoosk, Inc.

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BECK, BISMONTE & FINLEY, LLP
Dated: December 13, 2013

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By: /s/ Kimberly P. Zapata
Kimberly P. Zapata
Attorneys for Plaintiff and CounterclaimDefendant
GeoTag, Inc.

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45
Pursuant to General Order No. 45, § X(B), regarding signatures, I attest under penalty of
perjury that the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from its signatories.

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Dated: December 13, 2013

FENWICK & WEST LLP

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By: /s/ Brian E. Lahti
Brian E. Lahti
Attorneys for Defendant and
Counterclaimant
Zoosk, Inc.

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