Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al
Filing
1477
NOTICE by Samsung Electronics America, Inc.(a New York corporation), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC(a Delaware limited liability company) Samsung's Proffer Regarding Exhibit 628 (Maroulis, Victoria) (Filed on 7/30/2012)
1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Charles K. Verhoeven (Cal. Bar No. 170151)
2 charlesverhoeven@quinnemanuel.com
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
3 San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: (415) 875-6600
4 Facsimile: (415) 875-6700
5 Kevin P.B. Johnson (Cal. Bar No. 177129)
kevinjohnson@quinnemanuel.com
6 Victoria F. Maroulis (Cal. Bar No. 202603)
victoriamaroulis@quinnemanuel.com
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7 555 Twin Dolphin Drive 5 Floor
Redwood Shores, California 94065
8 Telephone: (650) 801-5000
Facsimile: (650) 801-5100
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Michael T. Zeller (Cal. Bar No. 196417)
10 michaelzeller@quinnemanuel.com
865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor
11 Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: (213) 443-3000
12 Facsimile: (213) 443-3100
13 Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
14 AMERICA, INC. and SAMSUNG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN JOSE DIVISION
18 APPLE INC., a California corporation,
Plaintiff,
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CASE NO. 11-cv-01846-LHK
vs.
21 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a
Korean business entity; SAMSUNG
22 ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New
York corporation; SAMSUNG
23 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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SAMSUNG’S PROFFER REGARDING
EXHIBIT 628 (FILE WRAPPER FOR
APPLE’S U.S.P.T.O. TRADEMARK
APPLICATION ON THE HOME
BUTTON)
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02198.51855/4881820.2
Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK
SAMSUNG’S PROFFER REGARDING EXHIBIT 628 (FILE WRAPPER FOR APPLE’S U.S.P.T.O.
TRADEMARK APPLICATION ON THE HOME BUTTON)
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Exhibit 628 is the file wrapper for Apple’s application to the USPTO for a registered
2 trademark on its purportedly iconic home button.
The document is a public filing by Apple at
3 odds with its experts’ statements, reports, and surveys, which were not disclosed until the expert
4 discovery period after fact discovery had already closed.
In the report of Apple expert Russell
5 Winer, Mr. Winer relied on articles, which Apple produced only after fact discovery, that did not
6 exclude the home button from Apple’s alleged trade dress, even though Mr. Winer had defined it
7 to exclude that element.
(Expert Report of Russell Winer at ¶¶ 16, 18.)
Samsung relies on
8 Exhibit 628 to show that the articles relied upon by Mr. Winer do not support his conclusions that
9 the alleged trade dress was recognized or famous without the home button in light of Apple’s own
10 statements that the button is such a “prominent” and “recognizable” part of Apple’s design, and
11 Samsung cross-examined Mr. Winer with Exhibit 628 at his April 27, 2012 deposition.
(April 27,
12 2012 deposition of Russell Winer at 325-347.) The document was also earlier used in the
13 deposition of Apple’s design expert, Peter Bressler, on April 23, 2012. (April 23, 2012 deposition
14 of Peter Bressler at 236-256.)
In support of its argument Samsung relies on Exhibit 628 because
15 it contains admissions by Apple that the home button is prominent, iconic, and instantly
16 recognizable, and serves a significant source-identifying function on Apple products, including the
17 iPad.
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19 DATED: July 30, 2012
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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN, LLP
By /s/ Victoria F. Maroulis
Charles K. Verhoeven
Victoria F. Maroulis
Kevin P.B. Johnson
Michael T. Zeller
Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
AMERICA, INC., and SAMSUNG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC
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02198.51855/4881820.2
Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK
-1SAMSUNG’S PROFFER REGARDING EXHIBIT 628 (FILE WRAPPER FOR APPLE’S U.S.P.T.O.
TRADEMARK APPLICATION ON THE HOME BUTTON)
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