Nokia Corporation v. Apple Inc.

Filing 17

MOTION to Consolidate Cases 09-791; 09-1002; 10-166; and 10-167 - filed by Apple Inc.. (Herrmann, Richard)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE _____________________________________ NOKIA CORPORATION, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) APPLE INC., ) ) Defendants. ) _____________________________________ NOKIA CORPORATION, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) APPLE INC., ) ) Defendants. ) _____________________________________ Caption continued on next page APPLE INC. AND NEXT SOFTWARE, INC.'S MOTION FOR CONSOLIDATION OF THE CAPTIONED CASES FOR THE PURPOSE OF COORDINATING PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS C.A. No. 09-791 GMS C.A. No. 09-1002 GMS Richard K. Herrmann (No. 405) Mary B. Matterer (I.D. #2696) MORRIS JAMES, LLP 500 Delaware Ave., Suite 1500 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 888-6800 rherrmann@morrisjames.com May 24, 2010 Attorneys for APPLE INC. and NEXT SOFTWARE, INC. _____________________________________ APPLE INC., and NeXT SOFTWARE, INC., ) f/k/a NeXT COMPUTER, INC., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP., a/k/a ) HTC CORP., HTC (B.V.I.) CORP., HTC ) AMERICA, INC., and EXEDEA, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) _____________________________________ APPLE INC., Plaintiff, v. HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP., a/k/a HTC CORP., HTC (B.V.I.) CORP., HTC AMERICA, INC., and EXEDEA, INC., Defendants. _____________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) C.A. No. 10-166-RK C.A. No. 10-167-RK Apple Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc. (collectively, "Apple") hereby move this Court for an order, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), consolidating the captioned cases before Chief Judge Sleet for all pretrial proceedings and common issues of law and fact relating to fact discovery for the captioned cases. The grounds for this motion are set forth in Apple Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc.'s Brief in Support of Their Motion for Consolidation of the Captioned Cases for the Purpose of Coordinating Pretrial Proceedings and in the Declaration of Richard K. Herrmann filed contemporaneously herewith. Dated: May 24, 2010 /s/ Richard K. Herrmann Richard K. Herrmann (I.D. #405) Mary B. Matterer (I.D. #2696) MORRIS JAMES LLP 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Telephone: (302) 888-6800 rherrmann@morrisjames.com Robert G. Krupka, P.C. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone: (213) 680-8400 Facsimile: (213) 680-8500 Gregory S. Arovas, P.C. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 Telephone: (212) 446-4800 Facsimile: (212) 446-4900 Bryan S. Hales, P.C. Marcus E. Sernel, P.C. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 300 North LaSalle Chicago, IL 60654 Telephone: (312) 862-2000 Facsimile: (312) 862-2200 Kenneth H. Bridges Michael T. Pieja Brian C. Kwok WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI LLP 540 Cowper Street, Suite 100 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Telephone: (650) 681-4475 Facsimile: (650) 403-4043 Attorneys for Apple Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc. f/k/a NeXT Computer, Inc. RULE 7.1.1 STATEMENT Counsel for Apple Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc. hereby states that it contacted opposing counsel in an effort to resolve the issues raised in its Motion to Consolidate, but to no avail. Nokia has not responded to Apple's inquiry and HTC confirmed that it will oppose consolidating the present cases. Dated: May 24, 2010 /s/ Richard K. Herrmann Richard K. Herrmann _ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE _____________________________________ NOKIA CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) APPLE INC., ) Defendant. ) _____________________________________ NOKIA CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) APPLE INC., ) Defendant. ) _____________________________________ APPLE INC., and NeXT SOFTWARE, INC., ) f/k/a NeXT COMPUTER, INC., ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP., a/k/a ) HTC CORP., HTC (B.V.I.) CORP., HTC ) AMERICA, INC., and EXEDEA, INC., ) Defendants. ) _____________________________________ APPLE INC., ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP., a/k/a ) HTC CORP., HTC (B.V.I.) CORP., HTC ) AMERICA, INC., and EXEDEA, INC., ) Defendants. ) _____________________________________ C.A. No. 09-791 GMS C.A. No. 09-1002 GMS C.A. No. 10-166-RK C.A. No. 10-167-RK [PROPOSED] ORDER Having considered Apple Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc.'s Motion for Consolidation and the related briefing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED this _______ day of ___________, 2010 that the Motion is GRANTED. The cases captioned as Nokia Corporation v. Apple Inc. (C.A. Nos. 09-791-GMS and 09-1002-GMS), Apple Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc. v. High Tech Computer Corp., et al., (C.A. No. 10-166-RK) and Apple Inc. v. High Tech Computer Corp., et al. (C.A. No. 10-167RK) are hereby consolidated for all pretrial proceedings and common issues of law and fact relating to fact discovery. _______________________________________ Gregory M. Sleet, Chief Judge

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