Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Google Inc.

Filing 108

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 107 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER to Modify Court Deadlines filed by Google Inc. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on September 26, 2017. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/26/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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GOOGLE INC.,
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Defendant.
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EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
Case No. 3:17-cv-01138-JST

Plaintiff,

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JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY
COURT DEADLINES

Case No. 3:17-cv-03022-JST
JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY
COURT DEADLINES

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Defendant.

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INCORPORATED,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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WAL-MART STORES, INC.,
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Defendant.
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Case No. 3:17-cv-03023-JST
JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY
COURT DEADLINES

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Case Nos. 3:17-cv-01138-JST, 3:17-cv-03022JST, 3:17-cv-03023-JST

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO
MODIFY COURT DEADLINES

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, and Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiff Eolas Technologies

2 Incorporated (“Eolas”) and Defendants Google Inc. (“Google”), Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”),
3 and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Walmart”) (collectively, “Defendants”), by and through their
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WHEREAS, on September 14, 2017, the parties filed a stipulation for a short extension to

6 the upcoming case deadlines (Case No. 3:17-cv-03022-JST, ECF No. 390) to provide time for a
7 further meet and confer on Eolas’s proposal that these cases be stayed pending resolution of the
8 pending Motion for Order to Show Cause Regarding McKool Smith’s Violation of Prosecution
9 Bar (the “Prosecution Bar Motion”) (Case No. 3:17-cv-03022-JST, ECF No. 262);
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WHEREAS, on September 20, 2017, the Court granted the September 14, 2017 stipulation

11 extending the upcoming case deadlines (Case No. 3:17-cv-03022-JST, ECF No. 395);
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WHEREAS, the parties have further conferred on Eolas’s earlier request to stay the three

13 cases pending resolution of the Prosecution Bar Motion;
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WHEREAS, the parties have also conferred on next steps regarding resolution of the

15 Prosecution Bar Motion as instructed by the Court, and Amazon and Eolas have submitted their
16 respective proposed orders (Case No. 3:17-cv-3022 ECF Nos. 399 & 400);
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WHEREAS, Eolas’s proposed order requests that, if the Court does not grant Eolas’s

18 proposal that no further discovery on the prosecution bar issue is required, then all three cases be
19 stayed pending resolution of the propriety of in camera review of any communications between
20 McKool Smith and Eolas related to prosecution of the patent-in-suit that occurred between July
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WHEREAS, the Defendants oppose Eolas’s proposed substantive relief, namely that either

23 no further discovery occur or the Court merely consider the “propriety” of in camera review. But,
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-1Case Nos. 3:17-cv-01138-JST, 3:17-cv-03022JST, 3:17-cv-03023-JST

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO
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WHEREAS, specifically, Defendants face uncertainty whether a stay could be entered near

2 to, or after, September 28, 2017, the current deadline for Defendants to file their upcoming
3 Summary Judgment Motion, which could prejudice Defendants by delaying Eolas’s response for
4 an indeterminate amount of time while the case is stayed;
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WHEREAS, to allow the Court time to review and consider the respective proposed

6 orders, and to issue an order (the “Forthcoming Order”) on the issues presented therein, including
7 Eolas’s alternative request for a stay of the three cases;
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NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND THE PARTIES JOINTLY

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that Defendants’ deadline for their Opening Brief on Summary Judgment be

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extended to seven (7) days after the entry of the Forthcoming Order (unless that

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order stays the cases, thereby vacating all deadlines);

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(ii)

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that all other case deadlines, including the deadlines for further briefing, be
extended by a like amount; and

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the parties shall promptly meet and confer after the entry of the Forthcoming Order
and within five (5) days file an appropriate proposed revised schedule.

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DATED: September 26, 2017

Respectfully submitted,
By /s/ James E. Quigley
Stephanie Adams Ryan, SBN 289548
MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 510
Redwood Shores, California 94065
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Mike McKool, TX SBN 13732100
(admitted Pro Hac Vice)
McKool Smith, P.C.
300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
John B. Campbell, TX SBN 24036314 (admitted Pro Hac
Vice)
Kevin Burgess, TX SBN 24006927 (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Craig N. Tolliver, TX SBN 24028049 (admitted Pro Hac
Vice)
James E. Quigley, TX SBN 24075810 (admitted Pro Hac
Vice)
MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
300 West 6th Street, Suite 1700
Austin, Texas 78701
Tel. [phone]; Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Eolas Technologies Incorporated

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By /s/ Carl G. Anderson

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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Charles K. Verhoeven (CA Bar No. 170151)
David A. Perlson (CA Bar No. 209502)
Carl G. Anderson (CA Bar No. 239927)
Michael D. Powell (CA Bar No. 202850)
Lindsay M. Cooper (CA Bar No. 287125)
Felipe Corredor (CA Bar No. 295692)
[e-mail]
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415-875-6700

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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Miles Freeman (CA Bar No. 299302)
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[e-mail]
865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant Google Inc.
By /s/ Richard G. Frenkel
DOUGLAS E. LUMISH, Bar No. 183863
[e-mail]
RICHARD G. FRENKEL, Bar No. 204133
[e-mail]
JEFFREY G. HOMRIG, Bar No. 215890
[e-mail]
NICHOLAS YU, Bar No. 298768
[e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
140 Scott Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
JOSEPH H. LEE, Bar No. 248046
[e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1925
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
AMIT MAKKER, Bar No. 280747
[e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111-6538
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
MELISSA ARBUS SHERRY (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
ELANA NIGHTINGALE DAWSON (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
555 Eleventh Street, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1304
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
JENNIFER H. DOAN (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JOSHUA R. THANE (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
J. RANDY ROESER(pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
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HALTOM & DOAN
6500 Summerhill Road, Suite 1000
Texarkana, TX 75503
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
GRANT KINSEL, Bar No. 172407
[e-mail]
PERKINS COIE, LLP
1203 3rd Street, 39th Floor
Seattle, WA 98112
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Counsel for Defendant
AMAZON.COM, INC.

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By /s/ Bijal V. Vakil

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Bijal V. Vakil (SBN 192878)
Shamita D. Etienne-Cummings (SBN 202090)
Eric E. Lancaster (SBN 244449)
Allen W. Wang (SBN 278953)
WHITE & CASE LLP
3000 El Camino Real Five Palo Alto Square, 9th Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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JOHN R. KEVILLE (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
ERIC S. SCHLICHTER (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
ROBERT L. GREEN (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
1111 Louisiana Street, 25th Floor
Houston, TX 77002-5242
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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ATTESTATION
I, Richard G. Frenkel, am the ECF user whose user ID and password authorized the filing

4 of this document. Under Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I attest that all signatories to this document have
5 concurred in this filing.
6 DATED: September 26, 2017
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/s/ Richard G. Frenkel
Richard G. Frenkel

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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Plaintiff Eolas Technologies Incorporated and Defendants Google Inc. (“Google”), Ama-

3 zon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”), and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Walmart”) (collectively, “Defendants”)
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Defendants’ deadline for their Opening Brief on Summary Judgement, currently set for

6 September 28, 2017, is extended to seven (7) days after the entry of a Forthcoming Order
7 addressing the issues raised in the Proposed Orders submitted by Amazon and Eolas relating to the
8 pending Motion for Order to Show Cause Regarding McKool Smith’s Violation of Prosecution
9 Bar (Case No. 3:17-cv-3022 ECF Nos. 399 & 400);
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and that the other case deadlines, including the deadlines for further briefing, be extended

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and that the parties shall promptly meet and confer after the entry of the Forthcoming

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The parties’ joint stipulation is GRANTED. The case shall proceed according to the above

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

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September 26, 2017
DATED: ____________________

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Honorable Jon S. Tigar
United States District Judge

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