Mekiki Co. Ltd. et al v. Facebook Inc.

Filing 77

STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Clerk shall close the file. Signed by Judge Koh on 5/12/2011. (lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/12/2011)

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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Harold A. Barza (Bar No. 80888)
[e-mail]
Christopher A. Mathews (Bar No. 144021)
[e-mail]
Scott A. Florance (Bar No. 227512)
[e-mail]
865 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
MEKIKI CO., LTD. and MEKIKI CREATES CO., LTD.
COOLEY LLP
HEIDI L. KEEFE (178960) ([e-mail])
MARK R. WEINSTEIN (193043) ([e-mail])
REUBEN H. CHEN (228725) ([e-mail])
ADAM M. PIVOVAR (246507) ([e-mail])
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
FACEBOOK, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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MEKIKI CO., LTD and MEKIKI CREATES
CO., LTD.,
Plaintiffs and
Counter-Defendants,

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Case No. 5:10-cv-2721-LHK (HRL)

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL
WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND
TOLLING AGREEMENT
[AND PROPOSED ORDER]

v.
FACEBOOK, INC.,
Defendant and
Counterclaimant.

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COOLEY LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
PALO ALTO

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
AND TOLLING AGREEMENT
CASE NO. 5:10-CV-2721-LHK (HRL)

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WHEREAS Plaintiffs Mekiki Co., Ltd. and Mekiki Creates Co., Ltd. (collectively

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“Mekiki”) filed the above-captioned action on October 7, 2009 (the “Original Action Filing

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Date”);

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WHEREAS on February 7, 2011, Defendant Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) filed Requests

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for Inter Partes Reexamination with respect to U.S. Patent Nos. 6,879,985, 7,493,342, and

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7,496,603 (the “Patents-in-Suit”) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”), Control

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Nos. 95/001,538, 95/001,539, and 95/001,537 (the “Reexamination Proceedings”);

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WHEREAS on February 8, 2011, Facebook filed a Motion to Stay this action, and on

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March 14, 2011, Mekiki filed a statement of non-opposition agreeing that a stay pending the

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Reexamination Proceedings is appropriate and will preserve both the parties’ and the Court’s

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resources;

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WHEREAS the PTO granted the Reexamination requests on April 8, 2011; and

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WHEREAS this Court’s order of March 21, 2011 (Doc. No. 71) directed the parties to

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submit a stipulation of dismissal without prejudice, including a tolling agreement to preserve

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Mekiki’s rights with respect to damages and Facebook’s rights with respect to any counterclaims;

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THEREFORE, Mekiki and Facebook hereby, and respectfully, request that the Court

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order, as follows:

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1.

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This action is hereby dismissed in its entirety, without prejudice, pursuant to Fed.

R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2), as of the entry date of this Stipulation and Order;
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In the event of any subsequent legal action between the parties with respect to one

or more of the Patents-in-Suit (the “Subsequent Action”):
(a)

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The Subsequent Action shall be filed in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California and assigned to this Court.

(b)

Provided that the Subsequent Action is filed no later than one (1) year after

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the issuance of a Reexamination Certificate upon the termination of any of

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the Reexamination Proceedings:

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(i)

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
PALO ALTO

Neither Facebook nor Mekiki shall assert the statute of limitations,
laches, estoppel or any other defense based upon the passage of
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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
AND TOLLING AGREEMENT
CASE NO. 5:10-CV-2721-LHK (HRL)

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time between the Original Action Filing Date and the filing date of

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the Subsequent Action;

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(ii)

Facebook’s defenses and/or counterclaims shall be tolled during the

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period between the Original Action Filing Date and the filing date

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of the Subsequent Action; and

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(iii)

Mekiki’s claim for damages based on alleged infringement of one

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or more of the Patents-in-Suit shall be treated, for purposes of the

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statute of limitations provided by 35 U.S.C. § 286, as if such

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Subsequent Action was filed on the Original Action Filing Date.

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(c)

Subject to the limitations of Paragraph 2(b)(i), nothing in this Stipulation

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and Order shall preclude Facebook from raising any additional defenses

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and counterclaims, if any, it may have in any Subsequent Action

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(including, without limitation, defenses and counterclaims that may arise as

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a result of the Reexamination Proceedings).

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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN LLP

COOLEY LLP

By: /s/ Christopher A. Mathews
Christopher A. Mathews
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
MEKIKI CO., LTD AND MEKIKI
CREATES CO., LTD.

By: /s/ Reuben H. Chen
Reuben H. Chen
Attorneys for Defendant
FACEBOOK, INC.

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IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk shall close the file.

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By: _____________________
Honorable Lucy H. Koh
United States District Judge

May 12, 2011
Date:____________________

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
PALO ALTO

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
AND TOLLING AGREEMENT
CASE NO. 5:10-CV-2721-LHK (HRL)