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

Filing 197

ORDER to File Briefing on Bond. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 6/4/12. (lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/4/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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APPLE, INC., a California corporation,

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Plaintiff,
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a
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Korean corporation; SAMSUNG
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ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York )
corporation; and SAMSUNG
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, )
a Delaware limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 12-CV-00630-LHK
ORDER RE: BRIEFING ON BOND

On February 8, 2012, Apple filed a complaint for patent infringement against Samsung and

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moved the Court for a preliminary injunction enjoining Samsung from making, using, offering to

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sell, or selling within the United States, or importing into the United States, the Galaxy Nexus

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smartphone. See ECF No. 1 (“Complaint”); ECF No. 10 (“Motion”). A hearing on Apple’s

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motion for a preliminary injunction is set for June 7, 2012, at 1:30 p.m.

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) provides that:
No restraining order or preliminary injunction shall issue except upon the giving of
security by the applicant, in such sum as the court deems proper, for the payment of
such costs and damages as may be incurred or suffered by any party who is found to
have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained.
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Case No.: 12-cv-00630-LHK
ORDER RE: BRIEFING ON BOND

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Neither party has addressed in its respective brief(s) what security should be required in the event

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that a preliminary injunction should issue. Accordingly, the Court orders each side to file, by June

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6, 2012, at noon, a supplemental brief, not to exceed 3 pages, exclusively addressing the question

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of bond.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: June 4, 2012

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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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Case No.: 12-cv-00630-LHK
ORDER RE: BRIEFING ON BOND