Google Inc. v. Eolas Technologies Incorporated et al

Filing 103

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: CONSOLIDATION. Show Cause Response due by 3/6/2020. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on March 6, 2020. (mllS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/2/2020)

Case 4:15-cv-05446-JST Document 103 Filed 03/02/20 Page 1 of 2

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GOOGLE LLC,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 15-cv-05446-JST
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:
CONSOLIDATION

v.
EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED, et al.,

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Defendants.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED,

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Plaintiff,
v.
GOOGLE LLC,

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Defendant.
EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED,

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v.
AMAZON.COM INC,
Defendant.

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EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 17-cv-03022-JST

Plaintiff,

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Case No. 17-cv-01138-JST

v.
WALMART INC.,
Defendant.

Case No. 17-cv-03023-JST

Case 4:15-cv-05446-JST Document 103 Filed 03/02/20 Page 2 of 2

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These four cases all involve the same patent. Case Nos. 15-cv-05446 and 17-cv-01138

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have been consolidated, but both cases remain open. Case Nos. 17-cv-03022 and 17-cv-03023

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have been related to Case No. 17-cv-01138.

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Case No. 15-cv-05446 was filed in this district on November 25, 2015. Case Nos.

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17-cv-01138, 17-cv-03022, and 17-cv-03023 were all transferred into this district from the Eastern

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District of Texas, where they were filed on November 24, 2015, and assigned Case Nos.

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15-cv-1039, 15-cv-1038, and 15-cv-1040, respectively. Before being severed for transfer, the

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cases were consolidated for pretrial purposes, and Case No. 17-cv-03022 was designated as the

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lead case because it bore the lowest case number in that district.

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Based on this history, there appears to be good cause to consolidate for pretrial purposes

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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all four of these cases, with Case No. 17-cv-03022 designated as the lead case. If any party

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objects to such consolidation, it must file a written objection, showing cause why the cases should

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not be consolidated for pretrial purposes or why a different case should be designated the lead

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case, by March 6, 2020. If no objection is filed, the Court will enter a consolidation order. If any

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objections are filed, the Court will take the matter under submission without oral argument, unless

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otherwise ordered.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 2, 2020
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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