Public.Resource.org v. Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association, Inc.

Filing 38

STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER filed by Public.Resource.org. (Bridges, Andrew) (Filed on 7/8/2013)

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CORYNNE MCSHERRY (SBN 221504)
[e-mail]
MATTHEW ZIMMERMAN (SBN 212423)
[e-mail]
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
DAVID HALPERIN (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
1530 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

F ENWICK & W EST LLP

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ANDREW P. BRIDGES (SBN 122761)
[e-mail]
JAMES J. VARELLAS III (SBN 253633)
[e-mail]
KATHLEEN LU (SBN 267032)
[e-mail]
FENWICK & WEST LLP
555 California Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone:
415.875.2300
Facsimile:
415.281.1350

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG

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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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PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG,
Plaintiff,

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Case No.: 3:13-cv-00815 SC
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
JUDGMENT

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SHEET METAL AND AIR CONDITIONING
CONTRACTORS’ NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, INC.,

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Defendant.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
JUDGMENT

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Case No.: 3:13-cv-00815 SC

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STIPULATION
Pursuant to settlement, Plaintiff Public.Resource.Org (“Public Resource”) and Defendant

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Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association, Inc. (“SMACNA”)

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(collectively, the “Parties”) stipulate to entry of the [Proposed] Judgment below. The parties

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hereby waive all rights of appeal, reconsideration, or alteration or amendment of the judgment if

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the Court enters it as they mutually request.

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Dated: July 8, 2013

FENWICK & WEST LLP

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By: /s/ Andrew P. Bridges
Andrew P. Bridges
Attorneys for Plaintiff
PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.

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Dated: July 8, 2013

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

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By: /s/ Nicholas S. Napolitan
Nicholas S. Napolitan

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Attorneys for Defendant
SHEET METAL AND AIR CONDITIONING
CONTRACTORS’ NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, INC.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
JUDGMENT

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[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT
The Court hereby adjudges and decrees as follows:
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Defendant Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association,

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Inc. (“SMACNA”) shall not sue (i) Plaintiff Public.Resource.Org (“Public Resource”) or its

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personnel, successors, or affiliates; or (ii) any person or entity that has obtained or will obtain any

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portion of the Publications through means that in any way involved or involves Public Resource

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or its personnel, successors, or affiliates; for any conduct relating to the following documents:

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(a) SMACNA Publication Fibrous Glass Duct Construction Standards (RS-36)
1992 Edition;

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(b) SMACNA Publication Energy Recovery Equipment and Systems, Air-to-Air
1978 Edition;

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(c) SMACNA Publication HVAC Air Duct Leakage Test Manual (RS-35) 1985
Edition; and

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(d) SMACNA Publication HVAC Duct Construction Standards -- Metal and
Flexible (RS-34) 1995 Edition;

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2.

Defendant SMACNA shall not make any future assertion or representation that it

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claims any copyright interest in the following documents:
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(a) SMACNA Publication Fibrous Glass Duct Construction Standards (RS-36)
1992 Edition;

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(b) SMACNA Publication Energy Recovery Equipment and Systems, Air-to-Air
1978 Edition;

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(c) SMACNA Publication HVAC Air Duct Leakage Test Manual (RS-35) 1985
Edition; and

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(d) SMACNA Publication HVAC Duct Construction Standards -- Metal and
Flexible (RS-34) 1995 Edition;

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3.

The obligations of Defendant SMACNA shall bind SMACNA’s successors in

interest;
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Public Resource shall not sue SMACNA or its personnel, successors, or affiliates

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for any cause of action related to any manual, standard, document, or material SMACNA claims

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or has claimed a copyright in, for a period of two (2) years, unless SMACNA or an assignee of

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SMACNA sues PRO or an agent or affiliate of PRO;
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
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Pursuant to a settlement between the parties, Defendant SMACNA agreed to pay,

and shall pay, Plaintiff Public Resource the sum of one dollar;
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The parties shall otherwise bear their own respective fees and costs associated with

this action and dispute.
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This Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the July 3, 2013, Settlement

Agreement between the parties.

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THE COURT SO ORDERS, this ___ day of July, 2013.
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Dated:___________________
Honorable Samuel Conti
United States District Judge

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ATTESTATION
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I, Andrew P. Bridges, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used
to file this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] FORM OF JUDGMENT AND ORDER. In
compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all signatories have concurred in
this filing.

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Dated:

July 8, 2013

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/s/ Andrew P. Bridges
Andrew P. Bridges

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