Weather Underground, Incorporated v. Navigation Catalyst Systems, Incorporated et al

Filing 131

MOTION for Joinder to Add Party Defendants by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Index of Exhibits, # 2 Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibit B, # 4 Exhibit C, # 5 Exhibit D, # 6 Exhibit E, # 7 Exhibit F, # 8 Exhibit G, # 9 Exhibit H, # 10 Exhibit I, # 11 Exhibit J, # 12 Exhibit K, # 13 Exhibit L, # 14 Exhibit M, # 15 Exhibit N) (Schaefer, Enrico)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION WEATHER UNDERGROUND, INC.,

4 Plaintiff, 5 -v6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (TRANSCRIPT PRODUCED FROM DIGITAL VOICE RECORDING; TRANSCRIBER NOT PRESENT AT PROCEEDINGS) COURT REPORTER: NAVIGATION CATALYST SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant./ MOTION TO COMPEL DISCLOSURES MOTION FOR SANCTIONS (TELEPHONIC) BEFORE HONORABLE VIRGINIA M. MORGAN Federal Building 200 E. Liberty Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 (Thursday, February 11, 2010) APPEARANCES: ANTHONY P. PATTI, ESQUIRE Appearing on behalf of the Plaintiff. WILLIAM A. DELGADO, ESQUIRE Appearing on behalf of the Defendant. MARIE METCALF, CVR, CM Federal Official Court Reporter 257 U.S. Courthouse 231 W. Lafayette Detroit, Michigan 48226 [e-mail] Case No. 09-10756

Weather Underground v. Navigation Catalyst Systems

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Honor. say to that?

The categories of documents that we have identified would be -- we would hope would be protected by the protective order. THE COURT: Mr. Patti, what do you have to

MR. PATTI:

Well, a number of things, Your

First of all, what I just heard is that the one

and only witness that they've identified is not actually in their company. And that strikes me as really rather

odd, unless they're saying they have no employees or no agents whatsoever within their own company. I don't see

how they could possibly do a disclosure that -THE COURT: How about that? I believe Mr. Patti's

MR. DELGADO: assumption is correct.

I believe that Navigation That perhaps is

Catalysts does not have any employees. one thing I should clarify. THE COURT:

Then how does it do business? It's -- well, Your Honor, And it's the --

MR. DELGADO:

it's basically a computer system.

Navigation Catalysts is really just a computer system that registers domain names in bulk. it other than that. I know that there was a statement in the joint -- in the joint list of unresolved issues made by There's not much to

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