Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. Verizon Wireless Services, LLC et al

Filing 37

ORDER granting ECF No. 36 Stipulation to Extend Deadline to File Joint Status Report. Joint Status Report due by 1/26/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 1/8/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - KW)

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ALVERSON, TAYLOR,
MORTENSEN & SANDERS
KURT R. BONDS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 6228
ADAM R. KNECHT, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 13166
6605 Grand Montecito Pkwy, Ste 200
Las Vegas, NV 89149
[phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Voip-Pal.com, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., a Nevada corporation,

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LAWYERS
6605 GRAND MONTECITO PKWY, STE 200
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89149
[phone]

ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS

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CASE NO.: 2:16-cv-00271-RCJ-VCF

Plaintiff,

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v.

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE
JOINT STATUS REPORT

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CELLCO PARTNERSHIP d/b/a VERIZON
WIRELESS., a Delaware corporation; AT&T
CORP., a Delaware corporation; and DOES I
through X, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Voip-Pal”) and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon
Wireless (“Verizon”) and AT&T Corp. (“AT&T”, and together with Verizon, “Defendants”),
through undersigned counsel, stipulate and request the Court to continue the deadline to file a Joint
Status Report from January 12, 2018 to January 26, 2018.
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VoIP-Pal filed this action on February 10, 2016, against Defendants, alleging

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infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,542,815 (the “’815 patent”) and 9,179,005 (the “’005 patent”).

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(ECF No. 1);

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On May 24, 2016, this Court entered an order extending the time for Defendants to

answer the complaint until July 29, 2016. (ECF No. 12);
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petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) concerning
the ‘815 patent (the “Apple ’815 IPR petition”). Apple also petitioned the PTAB to conduct IPR on
the ‘005 patent (the “Apple ’005 IPR petition”);

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On July 28, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation and proposed order seeking a stay of

this litigation pending the PTAB’s decisions on whether to institute IPR on the ’815 and ’005
patents. (ECF No. 29);

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On June 15, 2016, an unrelated third party to this action, Apple, Inc. (“Apple”), filed a

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On July 29, 2016, this Court granted the parties’ stipulation, ordering a stay of this

litigation pending the Court’s review of a Joint Status Report outlining the parties’ respective
positions on how the case should proceed in light of the PTAB’s institution decisions. (ECF No.
31);
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On November 21, 2016, the PTAB instituted IPR on all asserted claims of the ’815

patent. (Decision, Institution of Inter Partes Review of United States Patent No. 8,542,815, Apple
Inc. v. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc., IPR2016-01201 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 21, 2016) at 32);
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Likewise, on November 21, 2016, the PTAB instituted IPR on all asserted claims of

the ’005 patent. (Decision, Institution of Inter Partes Review of United States Patent No. 9,179,005,
Apple Inc. v. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc., IPR2016-01198 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 21, 2016) at 31);
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By statute, the PTAB was to issue final written decisions in the ’815 patent and ’005

patent IPR proceedings no later than November 21, 2017. 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11);
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On November 20, 2017, the PTAB issued final written decisions denying Apple’s

challenged claims in the ’815 patent and ’005 patent IPR proceedings (IPR2016-01201 and IPR201601198). Additionally, the PTAB denied institution of IPRs for five other petitions filed against the
‘815 and ‘005 patents, namely, three IPR petitions filed by AT&T (IPR2017-01382, IPR2017-01383,
and IPR2017-01384), and two follow-on petitions filed by Apple (IPR2017-01398 and IPR201701399).
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On December 20, 2017 Apple filed a motion for sanctions in the PTAB requesting

entry of judgment against Voip-Pal. Apple’s motion describes a series of ex parte letters sent to the
PTAB by Dr. Sawyer, former CEO of Voip-Pal, referencing the IPR proceeding. Apple argues that
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these ex parte communications tainted the IPR proceeding and violated PTAB regulations, the
Administrative Procedure Act, and Apple’s due process rights. Voip-Pal’s opposition is due January
12, 2018 and Apple’s reply is due January 26, 2018.
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A joint status report is due in two similar cases before the Honorable Richard F.

Boulware, II in Voip-Pal.com, Inc., v. Twitter, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-2338 and Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v.
Apple, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-00260 on January 26, 2017. Because of the similarity of issues and
procedural history involving these cases, the parties desire to extend the deadline to file their joint
status report in this matter to correlate with the current deadlines in Voip-Pal.com, Inc., v. Twitter,
Inc. and Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. The parties intend to meet and confer and jointly prepare a
joint status report. There is good cause to continue the deadline to file a joint status report until
January 26, 2018.
DATED the 2nd day of January, 2018.
IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED:

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ALVERSON, TAYLOR,
MORTENSEN & SANDERS

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.

/s/ Adam R. Knecht
KURT R. BONDS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 6228
ADAM R. KNECHT, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 13166
6605 Grand Montecito Pkwy, Ste. 200
Las Vegas, NV 89149
[phone]
[e-mail]

/s/ Samir Bhavsar
Bryant C. Boren, Jr.
[e-mail]
May Eaton
[e-mail]
1001 Page Mill Road, Bldg. One, St. 200
Palo Alto, CA 94304
[phone]

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Samir Bhavsar
[e-mail]
Susan Kennedy

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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SNELL & WILMER

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/s/ Kelly Dove
KELLY H. DOVE, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 10569
3883 Howard Hughes Pkwy, #1100
Las Vegas, NV 89169
[phone]
[e-mail]

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[e-mail]
Brian Johnston
[e-mail]
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendant AT&T Corp.

Attorney for Defendant Cellco Partnership
d/b/a Verizon Wireless

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

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_______________________________

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
1-8-2018
Dated:__________________________

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