Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 23

ORDER Granting 22 Stipulation to Transfer to the Northern District of California. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 10/5/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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1 Michael J. McCue Nevada State Bar No. 0488 2 Meng Zhong Nevada State Bar No. 12145 3 LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600 4 Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996 Tel: 702.949.8200 5 E-mail: mmccue@lrrc.com E-mail: mzhong@lrrc.com 6 John M. Desmarais (admitted pro hac vice) 7 Michael P. Stadnick (admitted pro hac vice) Ameet A. Modi (admitted pro hac vice) 8 Tom BenGera (admitted pro hac vice) Michael Matulewicz-Crowley (admitted pro hac vice) 9 DESMARAIS LLP 230 Park Avenue 10 New York, NY 10169 Tel: (212) 351-3400 11 E-mail: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com E-mail: mstadnick@ desmaraisllp.com 12 E-mail: amodi@desmaraisllp.com E-mail: tbengera@desmaraisllp.com 13 E-mail: mmatulewicz-crowley.com@desmaraisllp.com Kurt R. Bonds Adam R. Knecht ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS 6605 Grand Montecito Pkwy., Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89149 Tel: 702-384-7000 E-mail: efile@alversontaylor.com Kevin N. Malek MALEK MOSS PLLC 340 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor New York, NY 10173 Tel: 212-812-1491 E-mail: kevin.malek@malekmoss.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc. 14 Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc. 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 16 17 18 VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., Case No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF 19 Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND ORDER TRANSFERRING THE CASE TO THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 20 v. 21 APPLE INC., 22 Defendant. 23 24 25 Plaintiff VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. (“VoIP-Pal”) and Defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”) agree and stipulate as follows: 26 WHEREAS VoIP-Pal filed a separate lawsuit against Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon 27 Wireless (“Verizon”) in this District asserting similar patents as are asserted in this litigation. Voip- 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE 1 Case No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF 1 Pal.com, Inc. v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, No. 2:16-cv-00271-RCJ-VCF (D. Nev.) 2 (the “Verizon case”); 3 WHEREAS Verizon filed on August 17, 2018 a Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern 4 District of California Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), Dkt. No. 72 in the Verizon case. The Motion 5 to Transfer is fully briefed as of September 11, 2018. VoIP-Pal no longer opposes Verizon’s Motion 6 to Transfer and the Verizon case was transferred to the Northern District of California on October 1, 7 2018; 8 WHEREAS VoIP-Pal filed a separate lawsuit against Twitter, Inc. in this District asserting 9 similar patents as this litigation. Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. Twitter, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-02338-RFB-CWH 10 (D. Nev.). The Voip-Pal v. Twitter case was transferred to the Northern District of California on July 11 23, 2018; 12 WHEREAS Voip-Pal has also filed this lawsuit against Apple and separate lawsuits against 13 Apple, AT&T Corp. and Amazon.com, Inc. in this District. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., Case 14 No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF (D. Nev.); VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv- 15 00260-RFB-VCF (D. Nev.) (“2016 Apple case”); VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. AT&T, Inc., No. 2:18-cv- 16 01129-RCJ (D. Nev.); Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., No. 2:18-cv-01076-MMD- 17 VCF (D. Nev.). The cases involve similar allegations as this case. Voip-Pal consents to transfer of 18 this case, and has consented to transfer of the 2016 Apple case and the AT&T Corp. and 19 Amazon.com, Inc. cases, to the Northern District of California. 20 21 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that this case is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The Clerk of Court shall close this case in this District. 22 This Stipulation is filed in good faith and is not intended to cause unnecessary delay. The 23 convenience of the parties and witnesses favors transfer to the Northern District of California. And 24 because the Twitter and Verizon cases were transferred to California, and Voip-Pal consents to 25 transfer of the 2016 Apple case and the AT&T Corp. and Amazon.com, Inc. cases, it would be 26 /// 27 /// 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE 2 Case No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF 1 efficient for the parties and the Court to also transfer this case. There is thus good cause to transfer 2 the case to the Northern District of California. 3 4 5 Dated: October 4, 2018 Dated: October 4, 2018 ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP 6 7 8 9 10 11 By: /s/ Kevin N. Malek Kurt R. Bonds Nevada Bar No. 6228 Adam R. Knecht Nevada Bar No. 13166 7401 W. Charleston Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89117 (702) 384-7000 efile@alversontaylor.com By: /s/ Michael J. McCue Michael J. McCue Nevada State Bar No. 0488 Meng Zhong Nevada State Bar No. 12145 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996 Tel: 702.949.8200 E-mail: mmccue@lrrc.com E-mail: mzhong@lrrc.com 18 DESMARAIS LLP John M. Desmarais (admitted pro hac vice) Michael P. Stadnick (admitted pro hac vice) Ameet A. Modi (admitted pro hac vice) Tom BenGera (admitted pro hac vice) Michael Matulewicz-Crowley (admitted pro hac vice) 230 Park Avenue New York, NY 10169 Tel: (212) 351-3400 E-mail: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com E-mail: mstadnick@desmaraisllp.com E-mail: amodi@desmaraisllp.com E-mail: tbengera@desmaraisllp.com E-mail: mmatulewicz-crowley@desmaraisllp.com 19 Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc. 12 13 14 15 16 MALEK MOSS PLLC Kevin N. Malek (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 340 Madison Avenue, FL 19 New York, New York 10173 (212) 812-1491 kevin.malek@malekmoss.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc. 17 20 21 IT IS SO ORDERED: 22 23 ____________________________________ RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 24 25 October 5, 2018 DATED: _______________________ 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE 3 Case No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF

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