Facebook, Inc. v. Studivz, Ltd et al

Filing 126

Declaration of Katharina Scheja in Support of 124 Memorandum in Opposition,, to Defendants' Motion for Administrative Relief filed byFacebook, Inc.. (Related document(s) 124 ) (Avalos, Julio) (Filed on 3/24/2009)

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Facebook, Inc. v. Studivz, Ltd et al Doc. 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I. NEEL CHATTERJEE (STATE BAR NO. 173985) nchatterjee@orrick.com JULIO C. AVALOS (STATE BAR NO. 255350) javalo s@orrick.com ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 1000 Marsh Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Telephone: +1-650-614-7400 Facsimile: +1-650-614-7401 THOMAS J. GRAY (STATE BAR NO. 191411) tgray@orrick.com ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 4 Park Plaza Suite 1600 Irvine, CA 92614-2558 Telephone: +1-949-567-6700 Facsimile: 949-567 6710 Attorneys for Plaintiff FACEBOOK, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION FACEBOOK, INC., Plaintiff, v. STUDIVZ LTD., HOLTZBRINCK NETWORKS GmbH, HOLTZBRINCK VENTURES GmbH AND DOES 1-25, Defendants. Case No. 5:08-cv-03468 JF Assigned To: Hon. Jeremy Fogel DECLARATION OF DR. KATHARINA SCHEJA IN SUPPORT OF FACEBOOK'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF DECLARATION OF KATHARINA SCHEJA IN SUPPORT OF FACEBOOK'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I, Dr. Katharina Scheja, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney and partner with the law firm of Heymann & Partner Rechtsanwalte, Taunusanlage 1, Frankfurt, Germany 60329, German counsel for Facebook, Inc.. I make this Declaration in support of Facebook's Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Administrative Relief. I am fully licensed to practice law in Germany and am in good standing with my local bar. Except as set forth herein, I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and if called as a witness, could and would competently testify thereto. 2. On July 18, 2008, Facebook filed suit against StudiVZ Ltd. ("StudiVZ") and the Holtzbrink defendants before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in the United States of America (Civil File No C08 03468 HRL). I have been provided with a copy of the Complaint, which is based on, among other things, violations of the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1030, the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125, and California Penal Code § 502(c). 3. On July 18, 2008 StudiVZ filed suit against Facebook at the Landgericht Stuttgart (District Court) (Civil File No. 17.O.423/08). In its Prayers for Relief, StudiVZ asked the Court to declare (1) that Facebook did not have any claims against StudiVZ resulting from (i) German trademark Nr. 306632713 and/or (ii) copyright of Facebook in the graphical design of its website www.facebook.com and/or the software used to operate the website and/or the data accessible via this website and/or (iii) design patent relating to the graphical design of the website www.facebook.com, (2) the website www.studivz.net does not constitute an illicit copy of the website www.facebook.com and (3) that StudiVZ had not violated contractual usage terms of the website www.facebook.com. 4. The U.S. Complaint filed by Facebook before this Court was different in scope and asserted different claims than the StudiVZ writ filed in Stuttgart. Therefore, under German law, the Facebook action in the United States did not necessarily preclude StudiVZ's writ. Thus Facebook had to respond to StudiVZ's declaratory judgment writ. In Germany, one can respond to a declaratory relief writ by filing a main writ addressing all of the claims set forth in the declaratory judgment writ. -1DECLARATION OF KATHARINA SCHEJA IN SUPPORT OF FACEBOOK'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 OHS West:260631214.3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that this document(s) filed through the ECF system will be sent electronically to the registered participants as identified on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) and paper copies will be sent to those indicated as non registered participants on March 24, 2009. Dated: March 24, 2009. Respect fully submitted, /s/ Julio C. Avalos Julio C. Avalos -1- DECLARATION OF KATHARINA SCHEJA IN SUPPORT OF FACEBOOK'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF

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