Arteris S.A.S v. Sonics, Inc.

Filing 87

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING 83 Stipulation requesting cancellation of deposition scheduled pursuant to request for international judicial assistance pursuant to the Hague Convention. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on 1/24/2013. (lblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/24/2013)

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Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83 Filed01/21/13 Page1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BRYAN WILSON (CA SBN 138842) BWilson@mofo.com KIMBERLY N. VAN VOORHIS (CA SBN 197486) KVanVoorhis@mofo.com CHRISTOPHER F. JEU (CA SBN 247865) CJeu@mofo.com ZAHRA HAYAT (CA SBN 262605) ZHayat@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304-1018 Telephone: 650.813.5600 Facsimile: 650.494.0792 Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant SONICS, INC. 9 10 ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS LISTED ON NEXT PAGE 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 ARTERIS S.A.S., 16 Case No. Plaintiff, 17 v. 18 SONICS, INC., 19 Defendant. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA (LB) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REQUESTING CANCELLATION OF DEPOSITION SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION 20 21 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 22 SONICS, INC., a Delaware corporation, Related to: Case No. 4:11-05311-SBA (LB) Plaintiff, 23 v. 24 ARTERIS, INC., a Delaware corporation, 25 Defendant. 26 27 28 STIP AND [PROP] ORDER REQUESTING CANCELLATION OF DEPO SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO HAGUE CONVENTION CASE NO. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA-(LB) pa-1569568 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83 Filed01/21/13 Page2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MARK D. FOWLER (Bar No. 124235) mark.fowler@dlapiper.com CHRISTINE CORBETT (Bar No. 209128) christine.corbett@dlapiper.com CHANG KIM (Bar No. 273393) changu.kim@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER LLP (US) 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2215 Tel: (650) 833-2000 Fax: (650) 833-2001 GERALD T. SEKIMURA (Bar No. 96165) gerald.sekimura@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER LLP (US) 555 Mission Street, Suite 2400 San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel: (415) 836-2500 Fax: (415) 836-2501 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 KEVIN C. HAMILTON (Bar No. 269423) kevin.hamilton@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER LLP (US) 401 B Street, Suite 1700 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel: (619) 699-2700 Fax: (619) 699-2701 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant ARTERIS S.A.S. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIP AND [PROP] ORDER REQUESTING CANCELLATION OF DEPO SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO HAGUE CONVENTION CASE NO. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA-(LB) pa-1569568 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83 Filed01/21/13 Page3 of 5 1 Defendant and Counterclaimant Sonics, Inc. (“Sonics”) and Plaintiff and Counter- 2 Defendant Arteris, S.A.S. (“Arteris”) (collectively, the “Parties”) hereby stipulate and respectfully 3 request as follows: 4 WHEREAS, on June 28, 2012 the Parties stipulated to a Request for International Judicial 5 Assistance for the deposition of Mr. Cesar Douady, who resides and works in France, and is a 6 named inventor on both the Arteris Patents-in-Suit. 7 WHEREAS, on July 3, 2012 Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore, to whom discovery 8 issues in this case were then assigned, granted the Parties’ request, and issued a Request for 9 International Judicial Assistance. 10 WHEREAS, on or about January 2, 2013, Arteris S.A.S. received notification from the 11 French authorities that Mr. Douady’s deposition had been scheduled for January 28, 2013, in 12 France. 13 WHEREAS, as of December 2012, Arteris S.A.S. has been engaged in meet-and-confer 14 communications with Sonics regarding Arteris S.A.S.’s request to dismiss its claims against 15 Sonics and Sonics’s related declaratory judgment counterclaims of non-infringement and 16 invalidity without prejudice in the Arteris, S.A.S. v. Sonics, Inc. (Case No. 12-CV-00434-SBA) 17 lawsuit. 18 WHEREAS, in January, 2013, Sonics indicated that it would not agree to a stipulated 19 dismissal of Arteris S.A.S.’s claims against Sonics and Sonics’s related declaratory judgment 20 counterclaims of non-infringement and invalidity without prejudice; as such, Arteris S.A.S. 21 intends to file a motion to dismiss its claims against Sonics and Sonics’s related declaratory 22 judgment counterclaims of non-infringement and invalidity without prejudice in the Arteris, 23 S.A.S. v. Sonics, Inc. (Case No. 12-CV-00434-SBA) lawsuit. 24 25 26 WHEREAS, in view of this development, the Parties wish to postpone Mr. Douady’s deposition to avoid incurring unnecessary expenditure of resources. WHEREAS, given administrative changes in the French Court system, the French Court 27 cannot postpone the deposition at this time but can instead cancel it at the direction of the U.S. 28 Courts. See Declaration of Anne Sophie Dufetre in Support of Stipulation and [Prop.] Order STIP AND [PROP] ORDER REQUESTING CANCELLATION OF DEPO SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO HAGUE CONVENTION CASE NO. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA (LB) pa-1569568 1 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83 Filed01/21/13 Page4 of 5 1 Requesting Cancellation of Deposition Scheduled Pursuant to Request for International Judicial 2 Assistance Pursuant to the Hague Convention, filed herewith. 3 4 5 6 7 WHEREAS, the Parties wish for the deposition to be cancelled, and will request a new deposition at the appropriate time, if necessary. WHEREAS, the Request for Cancellation of Deposition from this Court is required urgently, in light of the fast-approaching scheduled deposition date of January 28, 2013. WHEREAS, once this Court issues a Request for Cancellation of Deposition, the Parties 8 will have it translated and send both the original and the translated versions to the French 9 authorities. 10 Based on the foregoing, the Parties hereby stipulate and request that the Request for 11 Cancellation of Deposition, attached herewith as Exhibit A, be issued at the Court’s earliest 12 convenience. 13 Dated: January 21, 2013 14 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP By: /s/ Kimberly N. Van Voorhis KIMBERLY N. VAN VOORHIS 15 Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant SONICS, INC. 16 17 18 Dated: January 21, 2013 19 DLA PIPER LLP (US) By: 20 /s/ Christine K. Corbett CHRISTINE K. CORBETT Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-defendant ARTERIS S.A.S. 21 22 23 DECLARATION OF CONSENT 24 I hereby attest pursuant to General Order 45.X.B. that concurrence in the electronic filing 25 of this document has been obtained from the other signatories. 26 27 Dated: January 21, 2013 /s/ Kimberly N. Van Voorhis Kimberly N. Van Voorhis 28 STIP AND [PROP] ORDER REQUESTING CANCELLATION OF DEPO SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO HAGUE CONVENTION CASE NO. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA (LB) pa-1569568 2 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83 Filed01/21/13 Page5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF DEPOSITION SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION The Parties’ request is hereby GRANTED, and the Request for Cancellation of Deposition, attached herewith as Exhibit A, is ISSUED. PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 7 8 9 10 January 24, 2013 Dated: ____________________ Hon. Laurel Beeler United States Magistrate Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIP AND [PROP] ORDER REQUESTING CANCELLATION OF DEPO SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO HAGUE CONVENTION CASE NO. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA (LB) pa-1569568 3 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page1 of 24 Exhibit A Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page2 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BRYAN WILSON (CA SBN 138842) BWilson@mofo.com KIMBERLY N. VAN VOORHIS (CA SBN 197486) KVanVoorhis@mofo.com CHRISTOPHER F. JEU (CA SBN 247865) CJeu@mofo.com ZAHRA HAYAT (CA SBN 262605) ZHayat@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304-1018 Telephone: 650.813.5600 Facsimile: 650.494.0792 Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant SONICS, INC. 9 10 ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS LISTED ON NEXT PAGE 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 ARTERIS S.A.S., Case No. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA (LB) 16 Plaintiff, 17 v. 18 SONICS, INC., 19 REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF DEPOSITION SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION Defendant. 20 21 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 22 SONICS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Related to: Case No. 4:11-cv-05311 SBA (LB) Plaintiff, 23 v. 24 ARTERIS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, 25 Defendant. 26 27 28 REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF DEPOSITION SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION CASE NO. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA (LB) pa-1538263 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page3 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MARK D. FOWLER (Bar No. 124235) mark.fowler@dlapiper.com CHRISTINE CORBETT (Bar No. 209128) christine.corbett@dlapiper.com CHANG KIM (Bar No. 273393) changu.kim@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER LLP (US) 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2215 Tel: (650) 833-2000 Fax: (650) 833-2001 GERALD T. SEKIMURA (Bar No. 96165) gerald.sekimura@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER LLP (US) 555 Mission Street, Suite 2400 San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel: (415) 836-2500 Fax: (415) 836-2501 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 KEVIN C. HAMILTON (Bar No. 269423) kevin.hamilton@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER LLP (US) 401 B Street, Suite 1700 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel: (619) 699-2700 Fax: (619) 699-2701 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant ARTERIS S.A.S. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF DEPOSITION SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION CASE NO. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA (LB) pa-1538263 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page4 of 24 1 1. Sender: 2. Central Authority of the Requested State: 3. Person to whom the executed request is to be returned: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Office of the Clerk U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Courthouse, Courtroom C - 15th Floor 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102 Ministère de la Justice Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau Bureau de l’entraide civile et commerciale internationale (D3) 13, Place Vendôme 75042 Paris Cedex 01 France Tel: + 33 (1) 44 77 64 52 The Hon. Laurel Beeler U.S. Magistrate Judge U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Courthouse, Courtroom C - 15th Floor 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102 On December 28, 2012, pursuant to a Request for International Judicial Assistance from 11 12 the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the French authorities issued a 13 notice scheduling Mr. Cesar Douady’s deposition for January 28, 2013, in France. The 14 notification is attached herewith as Attachment 1. In light of Arteris S.A.S.’s intention to file a 15 motion to dismiss its claims against Sonics (and Sonics’s related declaratory judgment 16 counterclaims of non-infringement and invalidity) without prejudice, the Parties respectfully 17 request that Mr. Douady’s deposition be cancelled at this time. If it becomes necessary to depose 18 Mr. Douady in the future, the Parties will follow the appropriate procedures to request this. The 19 Parties also respectfully request that this Request for Cancellation of Deposition be executed as 20 expeditiously as possible in light of the fast-approaching scheduled deposition date of January 28, 21 2013. 22 Based on the foregoing, this Court therefore respectfully directs the French authorities to 23 cancel Mr. Douady’s January 28, 2013 deposition as soon as possible. 24 Date of Request: January 21, 2013 25 Signature and seal of the requesting authority: 26 27 28 ______________________________________ Hon. Laurel Beeler United States Magistrate Judge REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF DEPOSITION SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION CASE NO. 4:12-CV-00434-SBA (LB) pa-1538263 1 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page5 of 24 Attachment 1 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page6 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page7 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page8 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page9 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page10 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page11 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page12 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page13 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page14 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page15 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page16 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page17 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page18 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page19 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page20 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page21 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page22 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page23 of 24 Case4:12-cv-00434-SBA Document83-1 Filed01/21/13 Page24 of 24

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