Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al

Filing 1216

MOTION Samsung's Motion for Relief from Nondispositive Pretrial Order of Magistrate Judge re #1144 Order Granting-in-Part and Denying-in-Part Motionis to Strike Expert Reports filed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.. Responses due by 7/25/2012. Replies due by 8/1/2012. (Attachments: #1 Martin Decl., #2 Ex. 1, #3 Ex. 2, #4 Ex. 3, #5 Ex. 4, #6 Ex. 5, #7 Ex. 6, #8 Ex. 7, #9 Ex. 8, #10 Ex. 9, #11 Ex. 10, #12 Ex. 11, #13 Ex. 12, #14 Ex. 13, #15 Ex. 14, #16 Ex. 15, #17 Ex. 16, #18 Ex. 17, #19 Ex. 18, #20 Proposed Order)(Maroulis, Victoria) (Filed on 7/11/2012)

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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN JOSE DIVISION 3 4 5 APPLE INC., a California corporation, 6 7 Plaintiff, vs. 8 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a Korean business entity; SAMSUNG 9 ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York corporation; SAMSUNG 10 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 11 Defendants. 12 13 CASE NO. 11-cv-01846-LHK-PSG [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SAMSUNG’S MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE ORDER Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung 14 Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”) have filed a Motion for Relief from 15 the Nondispositive Order of the Honorable Paul. S. Grewal, entered June 27, 2012, Granting 16 Apple’s Motion to Strike Expert Testimony. 17 For good cause shown, and because the Court finds that the references and opinions struck 18 were timely disclosed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, and because any untimely disclosure was 19 substantially justified and/or harmless pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(c)(1), the Court ORDERS 20 that Samsung and its expert witnesses shall not be precluded from relying on the following 21 references or proffering the following opinions: 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 02198.51855/4841431.1 Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SAMSUNG’S MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE ORDER -1- 1 A. References and Opinions Disclosed at Preliminary Injunction Stage: 2 1. Space Odyssey 2001 (Sherman Report pp. 25-26); 3 2. “Tomorrow People” (1973-79) (id.); 4 3. Samsung F700 (id. pp. 39, 57, 65); 5 4. KR30-0452985 (Anders Report, Tables B.II, C.II); 6 5. JP D1178470 (Anders Report, Table E.II); 7 6. 1994 Fidler Tablets (id., Tables E.III(a), E.III(d)); 8 7. HP Compaq TC1000 (id., Table E.III(b)); 9 8. JP D1241638 (id. Tables B.IV-B.XIII, C.IV-XIV); 10 9. Infringement analyses regarding the D’889 patent based on comparisons of the D’889 patent with 1994 Fidler Tablet, HP Compaq TC1000, and the Galaxy Tab. 10.1 (id. Table E.IV); 10. Infringement analyses regarding the D’889 patent based on the shape of the front face, including width of borders and aspect ratio; edge and side profile; and shape and appearance of the back surface (id. Table E.IV); 11. Infringement analyses regarding the D’677 patent based on the corners and corner radii; screen location and aspect ratio; speaker shape, location and size; presence, absence, and nature of buttons on the front surface; presence, and absence and nature of other markings on the front surface (id. Tables C.IV-C.XIV; PartXV); 12. Infringement analyses regarding the D’087 patent based on the corners and corner radii; screen location and aspect ratio; speaker shape, location and size; presence, absence, and nature of buttons on the front surface; presence, absence and nature of other markings on the front surface; and the presence, absence and characteristics of a bezel (id. Tables B.IV-B.XIII; Part XIV); 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 B. References and Opinions Disclosed in Samsung’s December 19, 2011 Interrogatory Responses: 1. KR 30-0304213 (Sherman Report p. 17; Anders Report Table B.II); 2. U.S. D500,037 (Sherman Report. pp. 21, 29-30; Anders Report Table E.II, Table E.III(c), Table E.V); 24 3. EU Registered Design 000048061-0001 (Sherman Report pp. 22); 25 4. U.S. D514,590 (Sherman Report pp. 34-35, 55-56); 26 5. E.U. Registration 000569157-0005 (Sherman Report pp. 41-42, 60-61; Anders Report Table B.II, Table C.II); 6. U.S. D504,889 (Sherman Report pp. 50-53; Anders Report Table C.II); 22 23 27 28 02198.51855/4841431.1 Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SAMSUNG’S MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE ORDER -2- 1 7. Samsung F700 (Sherman Report at 39, 57, 65); 2 8. E.U. Design Reg. 000584529-0001 (Lucente Report at 62); 3 9. E.U. Design Reg. 000505532-0001 (id. at 66); 4 10. E.U Design Reg. 000778741-0001 (id.); 5 11. KR 30-0403504 (id.); 6 12. KR 30-0441582 (id. at 68); 7 13. JP D1189312 (id. at 61); 8 14. JP D1279226 (id. at 40); 9 15. U.S. D445,428 (id. 72); 10 C. 11 1. 14 D. 17 Apple’s “Brain box” display (id. pp. 15-16, 30); References Disclosed in Samsung’s Amended Initial Disclosures: 1. 15 16 035 mockup of D’889 Design (Sherman Report at pp. 51-52, 65); 2. 12 13 References that Were the Subject of Motions to Compel and Extensive Discovery: E. Nokia Fingerprint design concept (Sherman Report at pp. 36-37, 54-55, 65, 70; Anders Report, Table C.II); References that Were the Subject of Third-Party Discovery: 1. D500,037 (Sherman Report. pp. 21, 29-30; Anders Report Table E.II, Table E.III(c), Table E.V); 2. U.S. D497,364 (Sherman Report at pp. 37-38); 3. E.U. registered design 000048061-0001 (id. p. 22); 4. KR 30-0398307 (id. p. 71; Anders Report, Table B.II, Table B.III(a), Tables B.IV-B.XIII, Part B.XIV); 22 5. Bluebird Pidion BM-200 (Sherman Report pp. 71-72); 23 6. Olympus MR500i (id. at pp. 36, 65); 24 7. iRiver U10 (id. at pp. 35-36, 56-57, 65); 25 8. Sony Ericsson W950 Walkman Phone (id. at pp. 48-50); 26 9. Apple’s “Brain box” display (id. at pp. 15-16, 30); 27 10. 1998 University of Illinois Apple design contest Tablet (id. at pp. 14-15; Anders Report at Table E.II); 18 19 20 21 28 02198.51855/4841431.1 Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SAMSUNG’S MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE ORDER -3- 1 11. D464,344 (Sherman Report at pp. 23-25); 2 12. D463,797 (id. at pp. 23-24); 3 13. Q72 iBook (id. at p. 24) 4 14. KR 30-0394921 (id. at p. 36; Anders Report Table C.II); 5 15. JP D1250487 (id. Table B.II, Table C.II) 6 7 F. References that Were Otherwise Disclosed: 1. JP D1204221 (id. at pp. 33-34, 47-48, 55, 65; Anders Report, Table C.II, C.III(a), Tables C.IV-C.XIV, Part C.XV); 2. KR 30-0394921 (Sherman Report. at p. 36; Anders Report Table C.II); 3. U.S. D560,192 (Sherman Report at p. 39); 4. U.S. D534,516 (id. at pp. 42-43, 61-62; Anders Report, Table C.II); 5. Samsung K3 MP3 (Sherman Report at pp. 44, 62-63; Anders Report, Table C.II); 13 6. JP D1295003 (Sherman Report at pp. 44-45, 54); 14 7. JP D128057 (Anders Report at Table B.II); 15 8. JP D1142127 (id. Table B.II, Table C.II); 16 9. JP D1104685 (id. Table E.II); 17 10. U.S. D532,791 (id.); 18 11. U.S. D333,574 (id.) 8 9 10 11 12 19 IT IS SO ORDERED. 20 21 DATED: July ___, 2012 22 23 24 25 Honorable Lucy H. Koh United States District Judge 26 27 28 02198.51855/4841431.1 Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SAMSUNG’S MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE ORDER -4-

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