Silvers v. Google, Inc.

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MOTION for Leave to File Two (2) Separate Motions for Summary Judgment by Google, Inc., Google, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service# 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Hunt, Stephen)

Silvers v. Google, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 05-80387-CIV (Ryskamp/Vitunac) STEVEN A. SILVERS, an individual, Plaintiff, v. GOOGLE INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant. _____________________________________/ GOOGLE INC., a Delaware corporation, Counterclaimant, v. STEVEN A. SILVERS, an individual; STELOR PRODUCTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation; STELOR PRODUCTIONS, LLC, a business entity of unknown form; and STEVEN ESRIG, an individual, Counter-Defendants. ____________________________________/ DEFENDANT/COUNTERCLAIMANT GOOGLE INC.'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE TWO (2) SEPARATE MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Defendant/Counterclaimant Google Inc. ("Google"), by its undersigned counsel, pursuant to Southern District of Florida Local Rule 7.1(C)(2), hereby requests that this Court enter an Order allowing Google to file two (2) separate motions for summary judgment, based upon the following grounds:
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Case No. 05-80387-CIV (Ryskamp/Vitunac) 1. Pursuant to this Court's Order dated September 29, 2006, entitled "In Re:

Computation of Time for Case Filings During the Conversion to CM/ECF," Google's motion(s) for summary judgment are due to be filed on or before October 16, 2006. 2. As this Court is aware, Southern District Local Rule 7.1(C)(2), provides that:

Absent prior permission of the Court, no party shall file any legal memorandum exceeding 20 pages in length with the exception of a reply which shall not exceed 10 pages in length. The practice of filing multiple motions for partial summary judgment shall be prohibited, absent prior permission of the Court. 3. Because the subject matters of the issues presented in Google's intended motions

are unrelated--one motion seeks summary judgment as to monetary relief, and the other motion seeks summary judgment as to the invalidity of Stevens Silvers' GOOGLES trademark registration--the arguments are more logically presented in two separate memoranda. 4. Accordingly, Google respectfully requests leave to file two (2) separate motions

for summary judgment which, in total, will exceed the twenty (20) page limitation (though the total pages are expected to be under thirty (30)). 5. Counsel for Google has conferred with all parties in an attempt to resolve the

issues. Stelor Productions has not agreed to the relief sought herein, and pro se litigant Mr. Silvers, who apparently is in the process of retaining counsel, has not yet taken a position. WHEREFORE, Defendant/Counterclaimant Google respectfully requests that this Court grant the instant Motion and allow Google to file two (2) separate Motions for Summary Judgment, together with such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper.

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Case No. 05-80387-CIV (Ryskamp/Vitunac)

DATED: October 12, 2006. Fort Lauderdale, FL

Respectfully submitted, By:/s/Stephen C. Hunt Jan Douglas Atlas Florida Bar No.: 226246 [e-mail] Samantha Tesser Haimo Florida Bar No.: 0148016 [e-mail] Stephen C. Hunt Florida Bar No.:191582 [e-mail] ADORNO & YOSS LLP 350 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1700 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Johanna Calabria California Bar No.: 226222 [e-mail] PERKINS COIE LLP Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Ramsey M. Al-Salam, Esq. Washington Bar. No. 18822 [e-mail] William C. Rava, Esq. Washington Bar No. 29948 [e-mail] PERKINS COIE LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant Google Inc.

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