Netflix, Inc. v. Rovi Corporation et al

Filing 141

ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION RE: JOINT DISCOVERY LETTER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 03/24/15. (dmrlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/24/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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NETFLIX, INC.,

Case No. 11-cv-06591-PJH (DMR)

Plaintiff,
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v.
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ROVI CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
SUBMISSION RE: JOINT DISCOVERY
LETTER
Re: Dkt. No. 122

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Before the court is a joint discovery letter filed by Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant

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Netflix Inc. and Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff Rovi. [Docket No. 122.] In the letter, Netflix

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moves to strike “the definitions of and all references thereafter to ‘Netflix Hardware,’ ‘Netflix

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Software,’ and ‘Netflix Hardware/Software’” from Rovi’s proposed Infringement Contentions

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Letter at 2.

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Netflix has only identified a handful of specific instances in which these terms appear in

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the Infringement Contentions: (1) the introductory definition of those terms in Rovi’s

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Infringement Contentions, see Letter Ex. 1 at 4; (2) the identification of all “Netflix

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Hardware/Software” as the Accused Instrumentalities for the ’929 Patent, see Letter Ex. 1 at 4; (3)

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the contention that “Netflix Hardware/Software” meets the “receiver” limitation of Claim 1 of the

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’929 Patent, see Letter Ex. 1-A at 1; (4) the contention that “Netflix Hardware/Software” meets

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the “processor” limitation of Claim 1 of the ’929 Patent, see Letter Ex. 1-A at 4; (5) the contention

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that “Netflix Hardware/Software” meets the “method for use in a client-server interactive

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television program guide system for tracking a user’s viewing history” limitation of Claims 1 and

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6 of the ’762 Patent, see Letter Ex. 1-B at 2; and (6) the contention that “Netflix

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Hardware/Software” meets the “method . . . wherein the media is stored in a media-on-demand

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ser
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It uncle whether Netflix move to strike o
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only these or all instance of the term “Netflix
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Ha
ardware,” “N
Netflix Softw
ware,” or “Ne
etflix Hardw
ware/Softwar from Rov proposed amended
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Inf
fringement Contentions, including, e.g., the iden
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ntification of all “Netflix Hardware/S
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Software” as

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the Accused In
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nstrumentalit for the ’7 ’906, ’9
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962, and ’70 Patents, se Letter Ex 1 at 4-11,
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and other instances of the terms in the claim charts It is also u
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unclear whet
ther Netflix m
moves to

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stri the introd
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ductory definition of tho terms in Rovi’s Infrin
ose
ngement Co
ontentions.

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By March 25, 2015 at 3:00 p.m Netflix s
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shall file a list of every in
nstance of th terms
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“N
Netflix Hardw
ware,” “Netfl Software or “Netfli Hardware
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that

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wit citations to Rovi’s pro
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oposed Infrin
ngement Con
ntentions. N
Netflix shall simultaneou lodge
usly

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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wit the court, and provide a copy to Rovi, of unre
th
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edacted copie of only th pages in th
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Inf
fringement Contentions in which the terms app
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pear. If it is not clear fro the page alone,
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Ne
etflix shall pr
rovide context or annota
ation as appro
opriate so th court may determine w
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which claim

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of which paten the content
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tions accuse.

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Netflix shall also in
ndicate whether there are any uses of those terms in Rovi’s I
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Infringement
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Contentions that it does no find object
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tionable. If so, Netflix s
shall provide citations (a
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and

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unr
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such uses so that the cou has
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con
ntext to bette evaluate whether and under what circumstanc the terms are inappro
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opriate.

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IT IS SO ORDER
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RED.

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Da
ated: March 24, 2015
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Donna M. Ryu
Un
nited States M
Magistrate J
Judge

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