American Navigation Systems, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. et al

Filing 108

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 107 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER; Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Staying Case Pending Inter Partes Review Proceedings filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Telecommunications America LLC, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on March 27, 2015. (wsnS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/27/2015)

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KALPANA SRINIVASAN (S.B. #237460)
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 950
Los Angeles, California 90067-6029
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310-789-3150
[e-mail]
BARRY BARNETT (Pro Hac Vice)
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
901 Main Street, Suite 5100
Dallas, Texas 75202
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 214-754-1933
[e-mail]

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MAX L. TRIBBLE, JR. (Pro Hac Vice)
JOSEPH S. GRINSTEIN (Pro Hac Vice)
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1000 Louisiana, Suite 5100
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 713-654-6666
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
PATRICK C. BAGEANT (Pro Hac Vice)
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle, WA 98101-3000
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 206-516-3883
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Plaintiff
AMERICAN NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, INC.
[Additional Counsel list on Signature
Page]

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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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AMERICAN NAVIGATION SYSTEMS,
INC.,
Plaintiff,

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v.

Case No. 3:14-cv-05298-JST
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING
INTER PARTES REVIEW
PROCEEDINGS

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
INC., and SAMSUNG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA,
LLC,
Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING
INTER PARTES REVIEW PROCEEDINGS
NO. 3:14-CV-05298-JST

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Plaintiff American Navigation Systems, Inc. (“AmNav”) and Defendants Samsung

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Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively “Samsung”)1

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hereby submit this stipulation and proposed order.

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WHEREAS, on March 6, 2015, Samsung, Apple Inc. (“Apple”), and non-party Google

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Inc. filed two petitions with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) for administrative

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inter partes review of asserted U.S. Patent No. 5,902,347 (“’347 Patent”), numbered

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IPR2015-00849 and IPR2015-00851.

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WHEREAS, “Courts have inherent power to manage their dockets and stay
proceedings, including the authority to order a stay pending conclusion of a PTO

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reexamination.” Ethicon, Inc. v. Quigg, 849 F.2d 1422, 1426-27 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (internal

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citations omitted); Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. LG Elecs., Inc., No. 14–cv–01012–SI,

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2015 WL 545534, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2015).

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WHEREAS, Samsung urges that it is in the interests of the Parties and the Court to

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stay the above-captioned case pending final resolution of the inter partes review petitions and

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associated proceedings pertaining to the ’347 Patent.

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WHEREAS, AmNav does not oppose a stay that would last until the PTO decides
whether to institute inter partes review (Dkt. No. 106).

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between AmNav and Samsung,
and subject to the approval of the Court, that:2

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The entirety of this case shall be stayed pending the decision by the PTO

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whether to institute inter partes review in response to the two petitions. If the PTO institutes

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inter partes review, the stay will continue through final resolution; in the event that the PTO

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has not instituted inter partes review within the timeframe set forth by 35 U.S.C. § 314(b),

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the stay will expire without further action by the Court. All remaining hearings and deadlines

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Samsung Telecommunications America LLC merged into Defendant Samsung Electronics
America, Inc. as of January 1, 2015, and no longer exists as a separate entity. Dkt. No. 69.
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Apple and AmNav are filing a substantively identical stipulation and proposed order in their
case.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING
INTER PARTES REVIEW PROCEEDINGS
NO. 3:14-CV-05298-JST

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set forth in the Initial Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 102) are therefore hereby vacated.
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In the event the PTO (i) denies inter partes review on all petitioned grounds for

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any claim of the ’347 Patent, or (ii) dismisses an inter partes review proceeding in whole or

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in part following institution, AmNav intends to file a motion requesting that the Court lift this

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stay. All briefing and argument pertaining to such a motion shall be conducted according to

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the Federal Rules, Local Rules, and Standing Orders of this Court.

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Dated:

March 25, 2015

Dated:

March 25, 2015

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By: __/s/ Barry Barnett___

By: __/s/ David S. Almeling_____

KALPANA SRINIVASAN (S.B. #237460)
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 950
Los Angeles, California 90067-6029
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310-789-3150
[e-mail]

MICHAEL K. PLIMACK (S.B. #133869)
[e-mail]
CHRISTINE S. HASKETT (S.B. #188053)
[e-mail]
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Ph: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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BARRY BARNETT (Pro Hac Vice)
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
901 Main Street, Suite 5100
Dallas, Texas 75202
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 214-754-1933
[e-mail]

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MAX L. TRIBBLE, JR. (Pro Hac Vice)
JOSEPH S. GRINSTEIN (Pro Hac Vice)
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1000 Louisiana, Suite 5100
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 713-654-6666
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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PATRICK C. BAGEANT (Pro Hac Vice)
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle, WA 98101-3000
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 206-516-3883
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
AMERICAN NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, INC.

DARIN W. SNYDER (S.B. #136003)
[e-mail]
DAVID S. ALMELING (S.B. #235449)
[e-mail]
MARK LIANG (S.B. #278487)
[e-mail]
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-3823
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
MISHIMA ALAM (S.B. #271621)
[e-mail]
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
INC.

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ATTORNEY ATTESTATION
Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I attest under penalty of perjury that concurrence in
the filing of this document has been obtained from each of its signatories.

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Dated: March 25, 2015

By: /s/ David Almeling
David Almeling

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The above STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING CASE

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PENDING INTER PARTES REVIEW PROCEEDINGS is Approved and all parties shall

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comply with its Provisions.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Honorable Jon S. Tigar
United States District Judge

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