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

Filing 1538

Statement Joint Preliminary Statement Proposing Post-Verdict Proceedings by Apple Inc.. (Jacobs, Michael) (Filed on 8/1/2012)

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HAROLD J. MCELHINNY (CA SBN 66781)
[e-mail]
MICHAEL A. JACOBS (CA SBN 111664)
[e-mail]
RACHEL KREVANS (CA SBN 116421)
[e-mail]
JENNIFER LEE TAYLOR (CA SBN 161368)
[e-mail]
ALISON M. TUCHER (CA SBN 171363)
[e-mail]
RICHARD S.J. HUNG (CA SBN 197425)
[e-mail]
JASON R. BARTLETT (CA SBN 214530)
[e-mail]
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105-2482
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN, LLP
Charles K. Verhoeven (Cal. Bar No. 170151)
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Kevin P.B. Johnson (Cal. Bar No. 177129)
Victoria F. Maroulis (Cal. Bar No. 202603)
555 Twin Dolphin Drive 5th Floor
Redwood Shores, California 94065
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Michael T. Zeller (Cal. Bar No. 196417)
865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Plaintiff and
Counterclaim-Defendant APPLE INC

Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,
LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
INC. and SAMSUNG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC

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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,
Plaintiff,

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v.

Case No.

11-cv-01846-LHK (PSG)

JOINT PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT PROPOSING
POST-VERDICT PROCEEDINGS

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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Defendants.
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JOINT PRELIMINARY STATEMENT PROPOSING POST-VERDICT PROCEEDINGS
CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG)
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Additional attorneys for Plaintiff and
Counterclaim-Defendant APPLE INC.

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WILLIAM F. LEE
[e-mail]
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
MARK D. SELWYN (SBN 244180)
[e-mail]
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
950 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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JOINT PRELIMINARY STATEMENT PROPOSING POST-VERDICT PROCEEDINGS
Case No. 4:11-cv-01846-LHK
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Pursuant to the Court’s July 19, 2012 Minute Order and Case Management Statement

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(Dkt. No. 1267), the parties submit the following preliminary statement proposing post-verdict

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proceedings.

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Apple’s position: Apple proposes that, upon a jury verdict of liability, the Court entertain
expedited briefing on a preliminary injunction according to the following schedule:

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Apple’s opening brief: 7 days after the verdict

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Samsung’s opposition brief: 14 days after the verdict

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Apple’s reply brief: 17 days after the verdict

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Decision on preliminary injunction: On the papers or after an expedited hearing.

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This schedule is consistent with Judge Bryson’s observation in the first appeal in these

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proceedings that a preliminary injunction can be entered “immediately at the end of trial.” (Oral

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recording at http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2012-1105.mp3 at 12:23-47.)

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The Court then can conduct a subsequent permanent injunction hearing according to a less

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abbreviated schedule of its choosing.

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Apple agrees with Samsung that other post-trial motions can follow the ordinary schedule

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(e.g., with opening briefs due 28 days after entry of judgment or the jury is discharged under Fed.

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R. Civ. P. 50).

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Samsung’s position: Samsung proposes that the Court rule on the parties’ respective

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requests for a permanent injunction only after it has the opportunity to decide post-trial briefing

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pursuant to Rule 50. Thus, Samsung proposes the following schedule:

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Briefing on Judgment as a Matter of Law

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Opening briefs: 28 days from entry of judgment

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Opposition briefs: 14 days after opening briefs;

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Reply briefs: 7 days after opposition briefs;

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Briefing on Permanent Injunction

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Opening briefs: 21 days from order on motions for judgment as a matter of law

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Opposition briefs: 21 days after opening briefs

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JOINT PRELIMINARY STATEMENT PROPOSING POST-VERDICT PROCEEDINGS
CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG)
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Reply briefs: 14 days after opposition

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While Samsung believes that the Court should resolve its request for a permanent injunction as

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soon as possible, grant of a permanent injunction prior to rulings on briefs for judgment as a

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matter of law would be premature and inefficient. The fact that Judge Bryson posed to Apple’s

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counsel a question in which he noted the possibility that a court could grant an injunction

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immediately after trial is not an endorsement of that procedure. To the contrary, the Court’s

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resources would be wasted deciding a request for preliminary injunction if the verdict on the

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claim that forms the basis for the injunction is later overturned pursuant to Rule 50. To avoid this

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inefficiency, the Court should first resolve motions for judgment as a matter of law before

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determining whether to grant a preliminary injunction.

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Dated: August 1, 2012

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MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN, LLP

By: /s/ Michael A. Jacobs
HAROLD J. MCELHINNY
MICHAEL A. JACOBS
JENNIFER LEE TAYLOR
ALISON M. TUCHER
RICHARD S.J. HUNG
JASON R. BARTLETT

By: /s/ Victoria F. Maroulis____________
CHARLES K. VERHOEVEN
KEVIN P.B. JOHNSON
VICTORIA F. MAROULIS
EDWARD DEFRANCO
MICHAEL T. ZELLER

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WILLIAM F. LEE
MARK D. SELWYN

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Attorneys for APPLE INC.

Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
CO. LTD, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
AMERICA, INC., AND SAMSUNG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA,
LLC.

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JOINT PRELIMINARY STATEMENT PROPOSING POST-VERDICT PROCEEDINGS
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ATTESTATION

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I, Michael A. Jacobs, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this

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Declaration. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Victoria F. Maroulis

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has concurred in this filing.

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Dated: August 1, 2012
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/s/ Michael A. Jacobs
Michael A. Jacobs

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JOINT PRELIMINARY STATEMENT PROPOSING POST-VERDICT PROCEEDINGS
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