Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al
Filing
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OPPOSITION to 1398 Brief Regarding References at Trial "Plaintiff" amd "Defendant" by Apple Inc. (Jacobs, Michael) (Filed on 7/27/2012) Modified text on 7/30/2012 (dhm, COURT STAFF).
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HAROLD J. MCELHINNY (CA SBN 66781)
hmcelhinny@mofo.com
MICHAEL A. JACOBS (CA SBN 111664)
mjacobs@mofo.com
RACHEL KREVANS (CA SBN 116421)
rkrevans@mofo.com
JENNIFER LEE TAYLOR (CA SBN 161368)
jtaylor@mofo.com
ALISON M. TUCHER (CA SBN 171363)
atucher@mofo.com
RICHARD S.J. HUNG (CA SBN 197425)
rhung@mofo.com
JASON R. BARTLETT (CA SBN 214530)
jasonbartlett@mofo.com
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105-2482
Telephone: (415) 268-7000
Facsimile: (415) 268-7522
WILLIAM F. LEE
william.lee@wilmerhale.com
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Telephone: (617) 526-6000
Facsimile: (617) 526-5000
MARK D. SELWYN (SBN 244180)
mark.selwyn@wilmerhale.com
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
950 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
Telephone: (650) 858-6000
Facsimile: (650) 858-6100
Attorneys for Plaintiff and
Counterclaim-Defendant APPLE 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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APPLE INC., a California corporation,
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Plaintiff,
v.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a
Korean business entity; SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York
corporation; SAMSUNG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company,
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Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK
APPLE’S OPPOSITION TO
SAMSUNG’S BRIEF REGARDING
REFERENCES AT TRIAL TO
“PLAINTIFF” AND “DEFENDANT”
Trial:
Time:
Place:
JUDGE:
July 30, 2012
9:00 a.m.
Courtroom 8, 4th Floor
HON. LUCY H. KOH
Defendants.
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APPLE INC.’S OPPOSITION TO SAMSUNG’S BRIEF RE: REFERENCES TO PLAINTIFF AND
DEFENDANT
CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK
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The Court has offered Samsung the opportunity to bifurcate its case—to be a plaintiff
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asserting patents in a separate case against Apple. Samsung turned the option down. (7/24/2012
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Hr’g Tr. at 43:3-11.) Now Samsung asks the court to treat it like the plaintiff in front of the jury,
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referring to the parties as “claimants” and reshuffling counsel tables in the courtroom. Samsung’s
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proposal contradicts the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and may confuse the jury.
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Apple is the plaintiff in this case, as the caption on Samsung’s brief indicates. By filing a
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complaint and summons, Apple became the plaintiff and Samsung the defendant. See Fed. R.
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Civ. P. 4. By filing its counterclaims in this action, Samsung became a defendant-
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counterclaimant. (See Dkt. No. 80.) See also Fed. R. of Civ. P. 13. If Samsung wishes to be
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called something else, it should have tried its affirmative case separately.
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Samsung’s request to sit near the jury while it bears the burden of proof is unnecessary
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and inconvenient. Samsung has indicated that it intends to follow Apple’s affirmative case with
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its own affirmative case, before defending against Apple’s claims. If the trial occurs in this order,
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Samsung’s request would result in table-swapping every few days. The Court’s management of
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the trial will mitigate any possible prejudice to Samsung, regardless of where the parties’ lawyers
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sit.
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Samsung cites a transcript from one Central District of California case, Mattel v. MGA,
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Case No. 04-cv-09049 (C.D. Cal. filed Nov. 2, 2004) (Quinn Emanuel representing Mattel), in
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which the court apparently allowed the parties to switch tables at the end of the plaintiff’s case.
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That trial was considerably longer than this one (Dkt. No. 1398 at 8 (120 hours per side)), and we
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have no indication in the transcript fragment Samsung provides as to why the court decided to
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allow the parties to switch tables.
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Samsung’s latest attempt to re-write the Court’s guidelines for this trial should be denied.
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APPLE INC.’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK
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Dated: July 27, 2012
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
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By:
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/s/ Michael A. Jacobs________
Michael A. Jacobs
Attorneys for Plaintiff
APPLE INC.
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APPLE INC.’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK
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