Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc. et al

Filing 251

MOTION by Defendants Oversee.Net, Sedo LLC, Dotster, Inc. to join Google Inc's Motion to Limit Discovery and for Scheduling Order (Lutfiyya, Marlon)

Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc. et al

Doc. 251

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION VULCAN GOLF, LLC, JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC., BLITZ REALTY GROUP, INC., and VINCENT E. "BO" JACKSON, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. GOOGLE INC., OVERSEE.NET, SEDO LLC, DOTSTER, INC., AKA REVENUEDIRECT.COM, INTERNET REIT, INC. d/b/a IREIT, INC., and JOHN DOES I-X, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Case No. 07CV3371 Judge Manning Magistrate Judge Brown

MOTION OF DEFENDANTS OVERSEE.NET, SEDO.COM, LLC AND DOTSTER, INC. TO JOIN GOOGLE'S MOTION TO LIMIT DISCOVERY AND FOR SCHEDULING ORDER Defendants Oversee.net ("Oversee"), Sedo.com, LLC ("Sedo") and Dotster, Inc. ("Dotster") (collectively, the "Joining Defendants") by and through counsel, respectfully request to join Google's Motion to Limit Discovery and For Scheduling Order. In support of this request, Joining Defendants state as follows: On May 18, 2009, co-defendant Google Inc. ("Google") filed a Motion to Limit Discovery and For Scheduling Order. In sum, Google seeks a structured case management schedule that will allow for limited discovery and summary adjudication of the single legal issue that will dispose of Plaintiffs' only economically viable claim: whether Google can be liable under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)("ACPA").

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Like Google, the Joining Defendants anticipate filing their own dispositive motions that will resolve a significant portion, if not all, of the plaintiffs' cases against each of them. Accordingly, the Joining Defendants join in Google's motion and request that the Court: (1) issue a discovery order that limits discovery to the issues raised in the defendants' summary judgment motions; and (2) adopt a discovery and summary judgment briefing schedule consistent with the time intervals requested in Google's motion. Dated: May 22, 2009 ___/s/ Thomas J. Wiegand_____________ One of the Attorneys for Oversee.net Thomas J. Wiegand Ronald Y. Rothstein Marlon E. Lutfiyya Winston & Strawn LLP 35 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 Steven D. Atlee Winston & Strawn LLP 333 South Grand Avenue 38th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 Andrew P. Bridges Winston & Strawn LLP 101 California Street Suite 3900 San Francisco, California 94111 Respectfully submitted, ___/s/ Jeffrey Singer_________________ One of the Attorneys for Sedo.com, LLC Jeffrey Singer Misty R. Martin Anastasios T. Foukas Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Sears Tower 233 South Wacker Drive Suite 5500 Chicago, Illinois 60606 ___/s/ Michael Dockterman____________ One of the Attorneys for Dotster, Inc. Michael Dockterman Alison C. Conlon Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP 225 West Wacker Drive Suite 2800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Vincent V. Carissimi Robert L. Hickok Joanna J. Cline Pepper Hamilton LLP 3000 Two Logan Square 18th & Arch Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2799

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Marlon E. Lutfiyya, an attorney, certify under penalty of perjury that I caused a copy of the forgoing document to be filed and served on all counsel of record via the Court's CM/ECF online filing system this 22nd day of May, 2009. ___s/ Marlon E. Lutfiyya__ One of the Attorneys for Oversee.net

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