Elan Microelectronics Corporation v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 371

Declaration of Derek C. Walter in Support of 369 Opposition/Response to Motion to Compel Discovery Related to Apple iOS Applications for the Accused Products filed byApple, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I)(Related document(s) 369 ) (Walter, Derek) (Filed on 8/2/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MATTHEW D. POWERS (Bar No. 104795) matthew.powers@tensegritylawgroup.com TENSEGRITY LAW GROUP LLP 201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 401 Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Telephone: (650) 802-6000 Facsimile: (650) 802-6001 JARED BOBROW (Bar No. 133712) jared.bobrow@weil.com SONAL N. MEHTA (Bar No. 222086) sonal.mehta@weil.com DEREK C. WALTER (Bar. No. 246322) derek.walter@weil.com NATHAN GREENBLATT (Bar No. 262279) nathan.greenblatt@weil.com WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Silicon Valley Office 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Telephone: (650) 802-3000 Facsimile: (650) 802-3100 12 13 Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Apple Inc. 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 16 17 18 ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant, 19 20 21 22 23 v. APPLE INC., Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff. 24 Case No. C-09-01531 RS (PSG) DECLARATION OF DEREK C. WALTER IN SUPPORT OF APPLE’S OPPOSITION TO ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION’S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY RELATED TO APPLE iOS APPLICATIONS FOR THE ACCUSED PRODUCTS DATE: TIME: JUDGE: CTRM: August 23, 2011 10:00 a.m. Hon. Paul S. Grewal 5 25 26 27 28 WALTER DECL. ISO APPLE’S OPPOSITION TO ELAN’S MOTION TO COMPEL RE: iOS APPS Case No. C-09-01531 RS (PSG) 1 I, Derek C. Walter, declare: 2 I am an attorney with the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel of 3 record for Defendant and Counterclaimant Apple Inc. (“Apple”) in the above-captioned matter. I 4 submit this declaration based on personal knowledge and following a reasonable investigation. If 5 called upon as a witness, I could competently testify to the truth of each statement herein. 6 1. During a telephonic meet and confer on discovery issues on the morning of 7 July 13, 2011, Elan confirmed that it did not plan to accuse iOS apps of infringing or try to extract 8 royalties for the sale of iOS apps. Rather, Elan explained that it sought discovery on iOS apps as 9 an “analysis tool.” 10 2. Attached as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of a webpage titled iOS 11 Developer Library, retrieved from http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/navigation/index.html 12 on August 1, 2011. 13 3. Attached as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of iTunes Store Top 10 14 Apps 15 http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/apps/top10appstorepaid.html on July 29, 2011 . – 16 17 4. Paid, retrieved from Attached as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of a Wikipedia entry titled Angry Birds, retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds on July 31, 2011. 18 5. Attached as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of the iTunes Preview 19 page 20 birds/id343200656 on August 2, 2011. 21 22 for the 6. Angry Birds app, retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry- Attached as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of an article entitled “Weekly Ketchup: Angry Birds Movie In The Works,” July 8th 2011. 23 7. Attached as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of Beinen v. Ctr. for the 24 Study of Popular Culture, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96088, No. C06-2298 JW (N.D. Cal. Oct. 31, 25 2006). 26 27 28 8. Attached as Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of a press release titled Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G, dated June 9, 2008. 9. Attached as Exhibit H is a true and correct copy of Sun Microsystems, WALTER DECL. ISO APPLE’S OPPOSITION TO ELAN’S MOTION TO COMPEL RE: iOS APPS 2 Case No. C-09-01531 RS (PSG) 1 2 3 Inc. v. Network Appliance, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122779 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 21, 2009). 10. Attached as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of a web article titled ‘Angry Birds’ Reaches 250 Million Downloads, dated June 15, 2011. 4 5 6 7 I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 2, 2011, at Redwood Shores, California. 8 9 /s/ Derek C. Walter Derek C. Walter 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 WALTER DECL. ISO APPLE’S OPPOSITION TO ELAN’S MOTION TO COMPEL RE: iOS APPS 3 Case No. C-09-01531 RS (PSG)

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