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

Filing 188

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

Doc. 188 Att. 9

Case 5:03-cv-05340-JF

Document 188-10

Filed 09/07/2006

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1 KEKER & V AN NEST, LLP

MICHAL H. PAGE - #154913 .
. 2 MA A. LEMLEY ~ #155830 .

KLAUS H. RA - #224905
3 ÀJA Y S. KRSHNAN - #222476 71 0 Sanome Street
. 4 San FranCisco, CA. 94111-1704 ,
. Telephone:

(415)'391-5400 '

5, Facsínle: '(415) 397-718;8
6 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Comiterdefendant

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GOOGLE INC. '

UNTím STATES DISTRCT COURT
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GOOGLE INC.,

, NORTHRN DISTRCT OF CALIFORN .

a Delaw~e corporation,

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Case No; C 03-5340-JF (RS)

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Plaiti
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AMNDED NOTICE OF 30(b)(6)' , DEPOSITION OF AMERICAN BLIN . AN W ALLPAlER FACT9RY, INC..

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Defendants.

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FACTORY, INC., a Delaware cororation 18 'd//adecoratetoday.com, In..,

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19 ' Comiter Plaitiff

21 GOGLÈ INC.,. '
CouIter Defendants.

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

the Federal Ru1es of

Civil

2 Procedure, Google Inc. ("Google"), will take the deposition upon oral examnation of a
3 represen,tative ofDefendant/Comiter-PlaI1tiff American Blind and WallpaperFactóry, Inc.

4 ("America Blind"). The topics to be coveréd are listed in Schedule' A attched hereto.
5 ' . ' Byagreement of counel, the deposition shall take place at the In at St. John's, 44045
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Road, Plymouth Michigan 48170, onAugu 2-4, 2006, beginng at 9:00 'a.m: each
recorded by'stenogrphic means and wil alo be recorded by sound..

7 day. The testimony.wil be

8. and-visual means, includig videotape and interactive real-tie (i.e., siru1taneous display of

the

9 trancript on a laptop tlough LiveNote or simiar softare.

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12, 2006

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP

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KLs H. HA.
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Attorney for Plaitiff and Comiter~Defendat

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SCHDULE

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2 As used herein, "the AMERICAN BLIND MA" shall refer to any and/or all
3 trademarks aleged to be inged or diluted by Comiter-Defendats and/or Thid Par
4 Defendants. '

5 Topics to be'covered are:

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'7' afeach of

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Amencan Blind's acquisltion, selection, ownership, adoption, clearance, and use

the AMRICAN BLIN MAS;
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The validity of each oftle AMRICAN BLIN MAS and registrations;
Any trademark searches which were conducted by or for American Blind in
the

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AMRICAN BLIN MA;
the AMRICAN BLIN'MAS;

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Ame~can Blind?sfirst use of each -of

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Every name that Americ~ Blin~ has used to identifY its website;

. For each. intace in which Amercan Blind has change4 the nam~ of its web~ite;

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Amencan Blind's products and servces offered in connection with each of

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the AMRICAN BLIN MA; .

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Marketresearch, consumer sueys, or consumer studies relatig to each of

the the

1.8 AMRICAN BLIN MA orproductsând servces sold in connection with each of

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Amencan Blind's volume of sales, in unts and dollar amomits, or products, and

21." servce sold in connection with each of

22 10.' Amencan B1in~'s advertising and promotional activities and expenditues il,
23 connection with products and servces sold mider each of

the AMRICAN BLIN MA;

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Amencan Blind's methodology for bidding on keywords in Google's Adwords

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26 12. American Blind's methodology for detenÍng the value of a click-though 1 for

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1 A "click-though" refersio a single instance of a Google web search user clickig on the
'inteniet li located in a spnsored advertisement trggered by the user's web search'

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1 ' an American Blid advertsement in Google's Adwords ad,vertsjng program;

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13. Licensing ófthe AMRICAN BLIN MA;
14. Thd Par use of each of

the AMERICAN BLIN, MA in connection with

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goods and serces of

the tye sold by American Blind;
trde for America

15. Chanels of

'Blid's goods and serices sold in connection

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with'the AMRICAN BLIN MA;
16. Puchasers of American Blind's goods and servces snld in connection with tle

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, d :8' ~RiCAN BLIN MA;
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The strengt, consumer recogntion and fame of each of

the AMRICAN BLIN

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Any alleged

confsion or dilution of each of

the

AMRICAN

BLIN MA

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The injures and damages allegedly sum~red by Amercan Blid as a result 'of

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

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The average number ofvIsitors to American

Blind's website(sYper day, month,

18 and year, who purchase p~oducts and servces though the website(s).
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American Blind's net profit for

each product or service purchased though

20 America, Blid's website(s);

21 23. American Blind's Afliate Progr.
22 24.' Amerlcap Blind's relationship or businéss deaings with ~y person or entity th~t

23 purchased a keyword that consists in whole or in par of AMERICAN BLIN MAS ,in
,24 Google's Adw~rds advertsingprQgrai; ,
25 25:' Ameri~an Blind's relationship or busiIess deaings with any person or entity,that

26 America Blid allows to use the AMRICAN BLIN MA in the text or title of Spoiired
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PROOF OF SERVICE
San Fracisco, State of

2 I am employed in the City and Comity of member ofthe bar of ths court

Californa in the offce of a

3 age of eighteen years and not a par to the withn action. My busiress address is Keker & Van'

at whose diection the following servce was made. I am over the

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Nest, LLP, 710 Sanome'Street, San Francisco, Californa 9411 1. '
On July 12,2006,1 served the followig document(s):

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AMNDED NOTICE OF 30(b)(6) DEPOSmON OF AMRICAN BLIN AN WALLPAPER FACTORY, INC.

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by FACSIME TRSMISSION (ION) AN UNED STATES MA, by placing a tre
andcorrecI C()py with IKON Offce

Solutions, the fi's in-house facsli1etransmission center

provider, for trsmissioii'on ths date. The tranmission was reported as complete' and without

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erroi:. Addltionaly, a tre and cOrrect copy of s'ame was placed in a sealed envelope addressed

as shown beiow. I am readly famiar with the practice ofKeket & Van Nes, LLP for collection and processing of.c:oIrespondence for mailing; According to that practice, Items are deposited
with the United'States Pòsta Servic,e a:t San Francisco, .calfonia on that same day with postage

thereon fuly prepaid. I am aware'that, on motion of the par served, service'is presucxl

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invald if the postal cancellation date or the postage meter date is more than one day afer the
date of deposit for mailig stted in ths affidavit.

Carolie C.Pl~ter, Esq.

Robert N. Phillps, Esq.

14 David A. Ramelt, Esq.

KelleyDrye & Waren LLP
15 333 West Wacker

Drive '

Howrey Simo:i Arold & Whte, LLP 525 Market Street
Suite 3600

Chicago, IL 60606
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San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 ,

Executed on July 12, 2006, at San Francjsco, Californa.
I declare under penalty of peijur under the laws of the State of California that the above is tre
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