Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 126

ORDER Granting 119 Stipulation REGARDING SONY MINIDISC RECORDER, MINIDISC RECORDER USER MANUAL, AND LAPTOP USER GUIDE. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 3/7/2011. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/7/2011)

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GEORGE A. RILEY (S.B. #118304) [e-mail] DARIN W. SNYDER (S.B. #136003) [e-mail] O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor San Francisco, California 94111-3823 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] RYAN K. YAGURA (S.B. #197619) [e-mail] NICHOLAS J. WHILT (S.B. #247738) [e-mail] O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California 90071-2899 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] DARIN J. GLASSER (S.B. #223788) [e-mail] O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 610 Newport Center Drive Newport Beach, California 92660 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff Apple Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS, LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant, v. Judge: Hon. Claudia Wilken APPLE INC., a California Corporation, Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff. CASE NO. CV 09-4436-CW STIPULATION REGARDING SONY MINIDISC RECORDER, MINIDISC RECORDER USER MANUAL, AND LAPTOP USER GUIDE; ORDER

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STIPULATION RE SONY MINIDISC, MINIDISC USER MANUAL, AND LAPTOP USER MANUAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC ("Affinity") and Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff Apple Inc. ("Apple") as follows: WHEREAS, Apple obtained and has made available to Affinity for inspection samples of a product called the Sony Portable MiniDisc Recorder (Model Number MZ-R55) shown in pictures produced in this case with bates numbers 179Apple-CA0021112 - 179AppleCA0021117, 179Apple-CA0021120 179Apple-CA0021127, 179Apple-CA00207582 -

179Apple-CA00207586,

179Apple-CA00207589, 179Apple-CA00207670, and 179Apple-

CA00207698 - 179Apple-CA00207702 ("Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder"); WHEREAS, Apple obtained and has made available to Affinity for inspection samples of a remote control unit (Model Number RM-MZR55) for the Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder shown in pictures produced in this case with bates numbers 179Apple-CA0021112, 179AppleCA0021118 - 179Apple-CA0021127, 179Apple-CA00207587 - 179Apple-CA00207589, and 179Apple-CA207671 ("Sony RM-MZR55 Remote Control"); WHEREAS, Apple produced Operating Instructions for the Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder with bates numbers 179AppleCA0021450 - 179AppleCA0021491 (the "Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder Operating Instructions"); WHEREAS, the Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder was packaged for sale in this country in 1998 with the Sony RM-MZR55 Remote Control and Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder Operating Instructions; WHEREAS, Apple produced the Sony VAIO Notebook Computer User Guide PCG731/PCG-735 with bates numbers 179AppleCA0012891 - 179AppleCA0013021 (the "Sony PCG-731/PCG-735 Laptop User Guide"); WHEREAS, Apple's Patent L.R. 3-3 Invalidity Contentions identify the Sony MZ-R55 Portable MiniDisc Recorder, Sony RM-MZR55 Remote Control, Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder Operating Instructions, and the Sony PCG-731/PCG-735 VAIO Notebook Computer User Guide as prior art to the asserted patents;

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO, THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL AND SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COURT, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorders, Sony RM-MZR55 Remote Controls, Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder Operating Instructions, and Sony PCG-731/PCG-735 Laptop User Guide are authentic under Federal Rule of Evidence 901; 2. The Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder Operating Instructions and Sony PCG731/PCG-735 Laptop User Guide are records of regularly conducted activity under Federal Rule of Evidence 803(6); 3. The Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorders made available to Affinity for inspection and shown in pictures produced with bates numbers 179Apple-CA0021112 179Apple-CA0021117, 179Apple-CA0021120 179Apple-CA0021127, 179Apple-CA00207589,

179Apple-CA00207582 - 179Apple-CA00207586,

179Apple-CA00207670, and 179Apple-CA00207698 - 179Apple-CA00207702 were "on sale in this country" and "in public use . . . in this country," as these terms are used in 35 U.S.C. § 102, in 1998; 4. The Sony RM-MZR55 Remote Controls made available to Affinity for inspection and shown in pictures produced with bates numbers 179Apple-CA0021112, 179Apple-CA0021118 179Apple-CA0021127, 179Apple-CA00207587 -

179Apple-CA00207589, and 179Apple-CA207671 ("Sony RM-MZR55 Remote Control") were "on sale in this country" and "in public use . . . in this country," as these terms are used in 35 U.S.C. § 102, in 1998; 5. The MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder Operating Instructions titled "Sony Portable MiniDisc Recorder Operating Instructions" and bates numbered

179AppleCA0021450 - 179AppleCA0021491 constitutes a "printed publication" as the term is used in 35 U.S.C. § 102 and was a printed publication in 1998; 6. The Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder, Sony RM-MZR55 Remote Control, and Sony MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder Operating Instructions were bundled and
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collectively "on sale in this country" and "in public use . . . in this country," as these terms are used in 35 U.S.C. § 102, in 1998; and 7. The Sony PCG-731/PCG-735 Laptop User Guide titled "Sony VAIO Notebook Computer User Guide PGC-731/PCG-735" and bates numbered

179AppleCA0012891 - 179AppleCA0013021 constitutes a "printed publication" as the term is used in 35 U.S.C. § 102 and was a printed publication in 1998. Dated: March 3, 2011 GEORGE A. RILEY DARIN W. SNYDER RYAN K. YAGURA DARIN J. GLASSER NICHOLAS J. WHILT O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By: /s/ Nicholas J. Whilt Nicholas J. Whilt Attorneys for Defendant and CounterclaimPlaintiff APPLE INC. Dated: March 3, 2011 RICHARD L. SEABOLT L. NORWOOD JAMESON MATTHEW C. GAUDET BRIAN MCQUILLEN JORDAN T. FOWLES DUANE MORRIS LLP

By: /s/ Jordan T. Fowles Jordan T. Fowles Attorneys for Plaintiff and CounterclaimDefendant AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS, LLC

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Pursuant to General Order No. 45 X(B), I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from Jordan T. Fowles. Dated: March 3, 2011 GEORGE A. RILEY DARIN W. SNYDER RYAN K. YAGURA DARIN J. GLASSER NICHOLAS J. WHILT O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By: /s/ Nicholas J. Whilt Nicholas J. Whilt Attorneys for Defendant and CounterclaimPlaintiff APPLE INC.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

3/7/2011 Dated:______________

_______________________________________ Honorable Claudia Wilken United States District Judge

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