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

Filing 188

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

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Case 5:03-cv-05340-JF

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Robert N. Phillps (SBN 120970) Ethan B. Andelman (SBN 209101)

HOWRY SIMON AROLD & WHTE, LLP
525 Market Street, Suite 3600 ' ' San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsiinle:[phone]

David A. Ramelt (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Susan J. Greenspon (Aditted Pro Hac Vice)
Dawn M. Beery (Admtted Pro Hac Vice)

KELLEY DRYE & WARN LLP
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimle: [phone]

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 2600 Chicago, lL 60606

Attorneys for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff

AMRICAN BLIN AND W ALLPAPER
FACTORY, INC.

UNTED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

GOOGLE INC., a Delaware corporation,

CASE NO. C 03-5340-JF (EAr

Plaintiff,
v. '

AMERICAN BLIN & WALLPAPER

AMRICAN BLlN AND W ALLP APER FACTORY, INC., a Delaware corporation
d//a decotatetoday.com, Inc.; and DOES 1-100, inclusive, ,

INTERROGATORIS

FACTORY, INC.'S ANSWER TO ' GOOGLE INC.'S SECOND SET OF

D:fendants.

AMRICAN BLIN & W ALLP APER
FACTORY, INC., a Delaware corporation d//adecoratetoday.com, Inc.
, Counterclaimant,

v.
GOOGLE INC.,
Counterdefendants.

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NUW COMES DefendanVCounter-Plaintiff, AMRICAN BLIN & ,
W ALLP APER FACTORY, INC., by and tbrOu.gh its attorneys, KELLEY DRYE & WARN LLP, and in response to rlaintiffs Interrogatories, states as'follQws:

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INTERROGATORY NO.1:

For each name that AMRICAN BLIN has used, in'communcations with
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,customers and/or potential customers, to refer to its retail business, STATE the name that was
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used, the dates the AMRICAN BLIN'began and ceased using the name, and the reasOns for
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, adopting and ceasing to use each name.
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broad; unduly burdensome and not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery offelevant or ,

admissible evidence. ,American Blind also objects to ths request to the extent that it calls for the
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ANSWER: ' American Blind objects to this interrogatory because,

it is over

production of documents protected by the attorney client privilege or the attorney work product

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doctre. SUbject to and without waiving these objections, American Blind states that the name

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, changes that American Blind has undergone reflect the changes in the products being sold by
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Amercan Blid at any given tie and changes in the marketplace iI general. By way of
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exampie~ as the company expanded from sellig window treatments to sellng wall coverings and
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window treatments; the n!le was changed from "American Blind" to "American Blind and
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Walpaper Factory." ,When the company decided

to expand its product offerigs to include light

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fixtue~, pictUes and throw rugs, the company changed its name to "American Blid &
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Wall1?aper &,More." During the late 1990's, the company clianged its corporate name

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"deco!atetoclay.com" to inClude additional produèts and services then being offered by the

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Company and to evidence its strong internet presence. It was subsequently detennned that

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customers identified with the "American Blid'; names too strongly to fully cross over to the

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"decoratetoday.com" brad name as, the sole brand name. As a result, the name was changed
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back to "American Blind, Wallpaper &

More" to incorporate the "American Blid" names while
coverigs. American

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, signifyig that the'company sold more than window treatments and wall

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Blind refers to docunents Bates range ABWF 003054-003772 for a

complete list of all the names

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1 under which American Blind has done business, including corporate mintltes regarding name
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Dated:. June 19,2006

KELLEY DRYE &W ARRNLLP

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, David A. Ramel
Susan J. Greenspon '

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, Dawn M: Beery

KELLEY PRYE & 'WARN LLP 333 West Wacker Drive,Suite2600
, Ç1cago, IL. 60606 .
Robert N. Phillps

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Ethar B. Andelman

HOWRY SIMON AROLD &
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'525 Market Street,

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Suite 3600

San Fracisco, CA 94105 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant/Counter-

Plaitiff AMRICAN BLIN
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FACTORY,

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I am a citizen of

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the United States and a resident of the

State ofllinois. I am employed in

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Cook County, State of llinois, in the offce of a member of the bar of ths Cour at whose dirtction the servce was made~ I am over the age of eighteen year, and not a pary to the
witl action, My business address is 333 W. Wacker Driv.e, Suite 2600, Chicago, IL

60606. On the date set forth below, I served the document(s) -described below in the
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7AMJPP.C:A.N, BL~l) AN_~ALLPAPER FACTORY, INC.'S ANSWER TO PLAITIFF
8, GOOGLE INC.'S SECOND SET OF INTERROGÄtÖRìS ,n" ,

VI FACSIMILE and U.S. MAI

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'Michael H. Page Mark A. Lemley

Klaus H. Han
Ajay S. Krshnan Keker & VanNest, LLP
710 Sansome StTeet San Francisco, CA. 94111

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xx , (BY FACSIME) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice Kelley Drye & Wareii LLP for collection and processing of document(s) to be

trsmitted by facsimle and I caused suchdocument(s) on ths date to be tranmitted by , facsimile to the offces of addressee(s) at the numbers listed below. , (BY FEDERA EXPRESS) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice of Kelley Drye & Waren, LLP for collection and processing of correspondence for overnght deliv.ery, and I caused such document(s) described herem to be deposited f9r delivery to a facility regularly maintained by Federal Express for overght delivery. (BY MESSENGER SERVICE) by consigning the document(s) to an

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Kelley Drye & Waren, LLP for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing
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the United States Postal"Service, and I caused such envelope(s) with postage thereon '

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fully prepaid to be placed in the United States Postal Servce at Chicago, TIinois.

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Caroline C. Plater

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Executed on June 19,2006, at Chicago, llnois.

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