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

Filing 1944

ORDER by Judge Lucy H. Koh granting 1880 Stipulation Dismissing Claims Without Prejudice (lhklc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/28/2012)

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Case5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document1880 Filed08/20/12 Page1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 HAROLD J. MCELHINNY (CA SBN 66781) hmcelhinny@mofo.com MICHAEL A. JACOBS (CA SBN 111664) mjacobs@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 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant APPLE INC. QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP Charles K. Verhoeven (Cal. Bar No. 170151) 50 California Street, 22nd Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 875-6600 Facsimile: (415) 875-6700 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: (650) 801-5000 Facsimile: (650) 801-5100 Michael T. Zeller (Cal. Bar No. 196417) 865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 Telephone: (213) 443-3000 Facsimile: (213) 443-3100 Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. and SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC 11 12 13 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 SAN JOSE DIVISION 17 18 APPLE INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff, 19 20 21 22 23 24 v. Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK (PSG) JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a Korean corporation; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York corporation; and SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Defendants. 25 26 27 28 02198.51855/4917640.1 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS W/O PREJUDICE CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG) sf-3165966 Case5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document1880 Filed08/20/12 Page2 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Additional attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant APPLE INC. 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS W/O PREJUDICE CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG) sf-3165966 02198.51855/4917640.1 1 Case5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document1880 Filed08/20/12 Page3 of 7 1 2 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), the Court‟s May 10, 2012 3 Order Regarding Parties‟ Statements Narrowing Claims to be Asserted at Trial (Dkt. No. 912), 4 and the Court‟s directive during the June 29, 2012 Case Management Conference to further 5 streamline and simplify the issues in this case, the parties, through their respective counsel of 6 record, hereby stipulate and agree as set forth below. This statement reflects case narrowing that 7 took place prior to trial. 8 WHEREAS, Apple Inc. (“Apple”) commenced the above-captioned action (the 9 “Litigation”) against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and 10 Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively “Samsung,” and together with Apple, 11 “the Parties” and individually each a “Party”) on April 15, 2011; 12 13 14 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court‟s May 2, 2012 Case Management Order, a trial in this action commenced on July 30, 2012 (Dkt. No. 901); WHEREAS, both parties have previously represented to each other and to the Court that 15 each is willing to dismiss certain claims and counterclaims in the interests of streamlining and 16 simplifying the issues in this case (Dkt. Nos. 893, 902, 1178, 1277); 17 WHEREAS, both parties previously submitted a Joint Stipulation and Proposed Order 18 Dismissing Claims Without Prejudice, which was entered by the Court on May 29, 2012 (Dkt. 19 No. 981); and 20 WHEREAS, both parties previously submitted a Joint Stipulation and Proposed Order 21 Dismissing Claims Concerning D617,334 Without Prejudice, which was entered by the Court on 22 June 21, 2012 (Dkt. 1116). 23 24 25 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the Parties as follows: 1. This Stipulation and Order dismisses without prejudice any claims by Apple 26 against Samsung for infringement of Claim 8 of U.S. Patent No. 7,663,607 (Tenth Claim for 27 Relief). 28 2. This Stipulation and Order dismisses without prejudice any claims by Apple against Samsung for infringement or dilution by the original Galaxy Tab 7.0 of Apple‟s JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS W/O PREJUDICE CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG) sf-3165966 02198.51855/4917640.1 1 Case5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document1880 Filed08/20/12 Page4 of 7 1 2 unregistered iPad/iPad 2 trade dress (First and Fourth Claims for Relief). This Stipulation and 3 Order does not dismiss Apple‟s claims against the Galaxy Tab 7.0 for infringement of Apple‟s 4 utility patents. 5 3. This Stipulation and Order dismisses without prejudice any claims by Apple 6 against Samsung‟s Acclaim, Nexus S, and Sidekick devices and any claims against the ThinkFree 7 Office application relating to Apple‟s claims of infringement of the ‟381 Patent. 8 4. Samsung agrees that its corresponding counterclaims seeking declaratory 9 judgment of non-infringement and invalidity for Apple‟s dismissed claims for infringement of the 10 ‟607 Patent should be dismissed without prejudice. Samsung further agrees that its corresponding 11 counterclaims of non-infringement against the Acclaim, Nexus S, and Sidekick devices and the 12 ThinkFree Office application should be dismissed without prejudice. This stipulation of dismissal 13 without prejudice is made subject to Samsung‟s reservation of rights to reassert these or other 14 counterclaims and defenses relating to Apple‟s dismissed claims should any such dismissed claim 15 be revived or reasserted by Apple for any reason. 16 17 5. This Stipulation and Order dismisses without prejudice any claims by Samsung against Apple for infringement of: 18 a. Claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 7,675,941; 19 b. Claim 17 of U.S. Patent No. 7,447,516; 20 c. Claim 10 of U.S. Patent No. 7,698,711; 21 d. Claim 12 of U.S. Patent No. 7,546,893; and 22 e. All remaining claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,928,604. 23 6. Apple agrees that its corresponding counterclaims seeking declaratory judgment of 24 non-infringement and invalidity for Samsung‟s dismissed claims for infringement of claim 11 of 25 the ‟941 Patent, claim 17 of the ‟516 Patent, claim 10 of the ‟711 Patent, claim 12 of the ‟893 26 Patent, and all remaining claims of the ‟604 Patent should be dismissed without prejudice. Apple 27 further agrees that its corresponding counterclaims for Breach of Contract – FRAND and Other 28 Standard-Related Misconduct (Twenty-Fifth Counterclaim), Declaratory Judgment that Apple is Licensed to Samsung‟s Declared Essential Patents (Twenty-Seventh Counterclaim), violation of JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS W/O PREJUDICE CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG) sf-3165966 02198.51855/4917640.1 2 Case5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document1880 Filed08/20/12 Page5 of 7 1 2 Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act (Twenty-Eighth Counterclaim), and Unfair Competition 3 Under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, et seq. (Twenty-Ninth Counterclaim) as they relate to 4 claim 11 of the ‟941 Patent, claim 17 of the ‟516 Patent,, and all remaining claims of the ‟604 5 Patent should be dismissed without prejudice. This stipulation of dismissal without prejudice is 6 made subject to Apple‟s reservation of rights to reassert these or other counterclaims and defenses 7 relating to Samsung‟s dismissed claims should any such dismissed claim be revived or reasserted 8 by Samsung for any reason. 9 7. Apple agrees that its counterclaims seeking Breach of Contract – FRAND and 10 Other Standard-Related Misconduct (Twenty-Fifth Counterclaim), Declaratory Judgment that 11 Apple is Licensed to Samsung‟s Declared Essential Patents (Twenty-Seventh Counterclaim), 12 violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act (Twenty-Eighth Counterclaim) and Unfair 13 Competition Under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, et seq. (Twenty-Ninth Counterclaim) for the 14 Samsung claims dismissed in the May 29 Joint Stipulation and Order should be dismissed without 15 prejudice. This stipulation of dismissal without prejudice is made subject to Apple‟s reservation 16 of rights to reassert these or other counterclaims and defenses relating to Samsung‟s dismissed 17 claims should any such dismissed claim be revived or reasserted by Samsung for any reason. 18 8. Due to the Court‟s granting summary adjudication of non-infringement with 19 respect to Samsung‟s U.S. Patent No. 7,362,867 (“‟867 patent”) (Dkt. No. 1185), Apple agrees 20 that its counterclaims seeking declaratory judgment of invalidity (Twelfth Counterclaim), Breach 21 of Contract – FRAND and Other Standard-Related Misconduct (Twenty-Fifth Counterclaim), 22 Declaratory Judgment that Apple is Licensed to Samsung‟s Declared Essential Patents (Twenty- 23 Seventh Counterclaim), violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act (Twenty-Eighth 24 Counterclaim), and Unfair Competition Under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, et seq. (Twenty- 25 Ninth Counterclaim) for the „867 patent should be dismissed without prejudice. This stipulation 26 of dismissal without prejudice is made subject to Apple‟s reservation of rights to reassert these or 27 other counterclaims and defenses relating to Samsung‟s dismissed claims should the ‟867 patent 28 be revived or reasserted by Samsung for any reason. JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS W/O PREJUDICE CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG) sf-3165966 02198.51855/4917640.1 3 Case5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document1880 Filed08/20/12 Page6 of 7 1 2 3 9. This Stipulation and Order is not an adjudication on the merits of any of the claims or counterclaims that are hereby dismissed without prejudice. 4 5 6 7 Dated: August 20, 2012 8 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP By: /s/ Harold McElhinny HAROLD J. MCELHINNY MICHAEL A. JACOBS JENNIFER LEE TAYLOR ALISON M. TUCHER RICHARD S.J. HUNG JASON R. BARTLETT By: /s/ Victoria Maroulis CHARLES K. VERHOEVEN KEVIN P.B. JOHNSON VICTORIA F. MAROULIS EDWARD DEFRANCO MICHAEL T. ZELLER 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WILLIAM F. LEE MARK D. SELWYN 16 Attorneys for APPLE INC. Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., AND SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS W/O PREJUDICE CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG) sf-3165966 02198.51855/4917640.1 4 Case5:11-cv-01846-LHK Document1880 Filed08/20/12 Page7 of 7 1 2 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 4 5 August 28 Dated: ___________________, 2012 By: The Honorable Lucy H. Koh United States District Judge 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS W/O PREJUDICE CASE NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK (PSG) sf-3165966 02198.51855/4917640.1 5

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