Google, Inc. v. Eolas Technologies Inc. et al

Filing 96

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 95 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER; Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Vacate Deadlines filed by Google, Inc. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on November 6, 2014. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/6/2014)

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JONATHAN K. WALDROP (SBN: 297903)
[e-mail]
DARCY L. JONES (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
ROBERT P. WATKINS III (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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JEFFREY J. TONEY (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP
1349 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 1500
Atlanta, GA 30309
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
GOOGLE INC.

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COURTLAND L. REICHMAN (SBN: 268873)
[e-mail]
MCKOOL SMITH HENNIGAN, P.C.
255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 510
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
KEVIN L. BURGESS (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JOHN B. CAMPBELL (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
J.R. JOHNSON, II (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JENNIFER A. ALBERT (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JOSHUA W. BUDWIN (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: [phone];
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED; and THE REGENTS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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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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GOOGLE INC.,

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Plaintiff,
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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER TO VACATE DEADLINES

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EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; and
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA,

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Defendants.
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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2, 7-12, and 16-2 Plaintiff Google Inc. (“Google”), and
Defendants Eolas Technologies Incorporated (“Eolas”) and The Regents of the University of
California (“the Regents”) (collectively, “Defendants”) hereby stipulate through their respective
counsel of record as follows:
WHEREAS, on January 2, 2014 and January 3, 2014, Google served a Complaint seeking
a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of United States Patent Nos. 8,082,293 and 8,086,662
(hereinafter “patents-in-suit”) on Defendants (Dkt. 1);
WHEREAS, Defendants filed an Answer and Counterclaims on July 8, 2014 (Dkt. 76),
and a Corrected Answer and Counterclaims on July 22, 2014 (Dkt. 83), in which Eolas asserted
patent infringement Counterclaims against Google (hereinafter “Counterclaims”);
WHEREAS, Eolas filed a Motion to Dismiss on July 8, 2014 (Dkt. 77) (hereinafter
“Second Motion to Dismiss”), and a Corrected Motion to Dismiss on July 15, 2014 (Dkt. 78)
(hereinafter “Corrected Second Motion to Dismiss”), in which it moved to dismiss with prejudice
Eolas’s Counterclaims of infringement of the patents-in-suit, and to dismiss without prejudice
Google’s declaratory judgment claims of non-infringement;
WHEREAS, the Regents filed a notice of joinder in Eolas’s Corrected Second Motion to
Dismiss on July 29, 2014 (Dkt. 84);
WHEREAS, Google responded to Defendants’ Corrected Second Motion to Dismiss on
August 19, 2014 (Dkt. 87);
WHEREAS, Eolas filed a Reply to its Corrected Second Motion to Dismiss on
September 9, 2014 (Dkt. 88) and a Corrected Reply on September 12, 2014 (Dkt. 89);
WHEREAS, Google sought leave to file a sur-reply to Eolas’s Corrected Second Motion
to Dismiss on September 18, 2014 (Dkt. 90);
WHEREAS, the Court vacated the hearing on the Corrected Second Motion to Dismiss on
September 30, 2014 (Dkt. 92);
WHEREAS, Google, Eolas and the Regents (the “Parties”) filed a joint stipulation to
extend the time for Google to respond to Eolas’s Counterclaims on October 15, 2014 (Dkt. 93);

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WHEREAS, the Court entered the Parties’ joint stipulation on October 16, 2014 (Dkt. 94);

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WHEREAS, Google’s response to Eolas’ Counterclaims is currently due November 14,
2014;
WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that all claims in this lawsuit should be dismissed,
and absent stay of this action and vacatur of all dates and deadlines pending the Court’s ruling on
Eolas’s Second Corrected Motion to Dismiss, the Parties will expend additional time and
resources responding to Counterclaims that may be dismissed from the litigation, and preparing
for an Initial Case Management Conference for a case that may not proceed;
WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to stay this action and to vacate all dates and
deadlines in order to allow the Court to rule on the dismissal of the litigation;
WHEREAS, good cause exists to stay this action and to vacate all dates and deadlines, to
avoid the expenditure of time and resources until the Court rules on Eolas’s pending Corrected
Second Motion to Dismiss;
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties through their undersigned counsel hereby stipulate and
request that the Court grant, pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2 that:
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This action be stayed pending the Court’s ruling on Eolas’s Corrected Second
Motion to Dismiss; and

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All dates and deadlines in this action be VACATED.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: November 4, 2014

KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES &
FRIEDMAN LLP

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By: /s/ Robert P. Watkins III_________
ROBERT P. WATKINS III
(pro hac vice; CA bar admission pending)
[e-mail]
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES
& FRIEDMAN LLP
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
GOOGLE INC., INC.

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Dated: November 4, 2014

MCKOOL SMITH HENNIGAN, P.C.

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By: /s/ J.R. Johnson, II _________
JOHN B. CAMPBELL (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
J.R. JOHNSON, II (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JENNIFER A. ALBERT (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JOSHUA W. BUDWIN (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: [phone];
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants
EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED;
and THE REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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I hereby attest pursuant to L.R. 5.1(i)(3) that concurrence in the electronic filing of this
document has been obtained from the other signatories.

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Dated: November 4, 2014

_/s/ Robert P. Watkins III_______________
Robert P. Watkins III

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The Court having considered the stipulation of the parties, orders as follows:
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Motion to Dismiss; and
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All dates and deadlines in this action are VACATED.

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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