Google Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, Inc.

Filing 104

Google Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, Inc.

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EXHIBIT K

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LAW OFFICES

KEKER & VAN NEST
LLP
710 SANSOME STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111-1704

TELEPHONE [phone] FAX [phone]
AJAY ~;. KRISHNAN A-;RI5H'lANIiKVN.COM

WWW.KVN.COM

February 15,2006

VIA :FACSIMILE
Caroline C. Plater, Esq.
David A. Ramelt, Esq.

Kelley Drye & Waren LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606

Robert N. Philips, Esq. llowrey Simon Arold & White, LLP 525 Market Street, Suite 3600 San Francisco, CA 94105-2708

Re: Google Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, Inc.
Dear Counsel:

Please find attached Google's notice for a Rule 30(b)( 6) deposition of American Blind
and Wallpaper Factory, Inc. We have noticed the deposition for March 15,2006. We are

wiling, however, to try to find a mutually agreeable date. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have.
Sincerely,

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KEKER & V AN NEST, LLP MICHAEL H. PAGE - #154913 A. LEMLEY -#155830 KLAUS H. HAMM - #224905

3 AJA Y S. KRSHNAN - #222476

710 Sansome Street
4 San Francisco, CA 94111-1704

Telephone: [phone]
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6 Attorneys for Plaintiff and counterdefendant
GO

OGLE INC. and

7 Third-Pary Defendants ASK JEEVES, INC.

andEARTHLINK, INC.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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GOOGLE INC., a Delaware corporation,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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NOTICE OF 30(b)(6) DEPOSITION OF AMERICAN BLIND AND WALLPAPER FACTORY, INC.

AMERICAN BLIND & W ALLP APER 15 FACTORY, INC., a Delaware corporation d//a decoratetoday.com, Inc. and DOES 1-

16 100, inclusive,

17 Defendants.
18 AMERICAN BLIND & W ALLP APER FACTORY, INC., a Delaware corporation
19 d//a decoratetoday.com, Inc.,

20 Counter Plaintiff,

21 v.
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OGLE INC., AMERICA ONLINE, INC., CAPE COMMUNICATIONS

23 CORPORATION, COMPUSERVE
INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC., ASK
24 JEEVES, INC., and EARTHLINK, INC.,

25 Counter Defendants!
Third-Pary Defendants.

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1 PLEASE TAK NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of

the Federal Rules of

Civil

2 Procedure, Ooogle Inc. ("Ooogle"), will take the deposition upon oral examnation of a
3 representative of

Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff American Blind and Wallpaper Factory, Inc.

4 ("American Blind"). The topics to be covered are listed in Schedule A attched hereto.
5 The deposition shall take place at the offces of

Pepper Hamilton, LLP, 100 Renaissance

6 Center # 3600, Detroit, MI 48243, begining on March 15,2006, at 9:30 a.m., and shall continue
7 from day-to-day until completed. The testimony shall be recorded by stenographic and sound
8 and visual (videotaping) means.

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10 DATED: February 15,2006
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KEKER & V AN NEST, LLP

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By:
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AJA S. SHNAN
Atto ey for Plaitiff and Counter-Defendant

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GO OLE INC. and Third-Par Defendants
ASK JEEVES, INC. and EARTHLINK, INC.

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SCHEDULE A

2 As used herein, "the AMERICAN BLIND MARKS" shall refer to any and/or all
3 trademarks alleged to be infrnged or diluted by Counter-Defendants and/or Thrd Pary

4 Defendants.

5 Topics to be covered are:
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American

Blind's acquisition, selection, ownership, adoption, clearance, and use

the AMERICAN BLIND MAS;
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The validity of each of

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the AMERICAN BLIN MARS and registrations;

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Any trademark searches which were conducted by or for American Blind in

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the AMERICAN BLIN MARS;
American Blind's first use of each of

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the AMERICAN BLIND MAS;

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Every name that American Blind has used to identify its website;

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For each instace in which American Blind has changed the name of its website,

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American Blind's products and services offered in connection with each of

the

16 AMERICAN BLIND MARS;
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Market research, consumer sureys, or consumer studies relating to each of

the the

18 AMERICAN BLIND MARS or products and services sold in connection with each of

19 AMERICAN BLIND MARKS;
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American Blind's volume of sales, in unts and dollar amounts, or products and

21 services sold in connection with each of

the AMERICAN BLIND MAS;

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American Blind's advertising and promotional activities and expenditues in

23 connection with products and services sold under each of the AMERICAN BLIND MAS;
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American Blind's methodology for bidding on keywords in Google's Adwords

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American Blind's methodology for determining the value of a click-thoughl for

i A "click-though" refers to a single instance of a Google web search user clicking on the internet link located in a sponsored advertisement trggered by the user's web search
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an American Blind advertisement in Google's Adwords advertising program;
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Licensing of the AMERICAN BLIND MARKS;
Third pary use of each of

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the AMERICAN BLIND MARS in connection with

4 goods and services ofthe type sold by American Blind;
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Chanels of

trade for American Blind's goods and services sold in connection

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Purchasers of American Blind's goods and services sold in connection with the

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The strengt, consumer recogntion and fame of each of

the AMERICAN BLIND

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Any alleged confusion or dilution of each of

the AMERICAN BLIND MARKS

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The injuries and damages allegedly suffered by American Blind as a result of

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The average number of

visitors to American Blind's website(s) per day, month,

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The average number of

visitors to American Blind's website(s) per day, month,

18 and year, who purchase products and services through the website(s).
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American Blind's net profit for each product or service purchased though

20 American Blind's website(s);
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American Blind's Afflate Program.
American Blind's relationship or business dealings with any person or entity that

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23 purchased a keyword that consists in whole or in par of AMERICAN BLIND MARS in
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American Blind's relationship or business dealings with any person or entity that

26 American Blind allows to use the AMERICAN BLIND MAS in the text or title of Sponsored
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PROOF OF

SERVICE

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I am employed in the City and County of San Francisco, State of Californa in the office of a member of the bar of this cour at whose direction the following service was made. I am over the age of eighteen years and not a pary to the within action. My business address is Keker & Van Nest, LLP, 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco, Californa 94111. On
February 15, 2006, I served the following document:

Notice of30(b)(6) Deposition of American Blind and Wallpaper Factory, Inc.

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by FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION (IKON), by placing a tre and correct copy with IKON Offce
Solutions, the firm's in-house facsimile transmission center provider, for transmission on this date. The

transmission was reported as complete and without error.
Robert N. Phillps, Esq.

Caroline C. Plater, Esq.
David A. Ramelt, Esq.

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Howrey Simon Arold & White, LLP 525 Market Street, Suite 3600 San Francisco, CA 94105-2708
Facsimile: 415/848-4999

Kelley Drye & Waren LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606
Facsimile: 312/857-7095

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under the laws of

Executed on February 15,2006, at San Francisco, Californa. I declare under penalty of perjur the State of California that the above is true and correct.

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Robert W. Thomas
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