The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. et al v. Google Inc.

Filing 23

RULE 26 DISCLOSURE.Document filed by Google Inc..(Raider, Ronald)

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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. et al v. Google Inc. Doc. 23 Case 1:05-cv-08881-JES Document 23 Filed 06/09/2006 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK The Authors Guild, et al. Plaintiffs, v. Google Inc., Defendant. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., et al. Plaintiffs, v. Google Inc., Defendant. DEFENDANT, GOOGLE INC.'S INITIAL DISCLOSURES PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 26(a)(1) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) and the joint Case Management Order, defendant, Google Inc. ("Google"), through its undersigned counsel, makes the following initial disclosures to the plaintiffs in the above-referenced lawsuits. These disclosures are based on information presently known and reasonably available to Google and which Google reasonably believes it may use in support of its claims and defenses. Continuing investigation and discovery may cause Google to amend these initial disclosures, including by identifying other potential witnesses, documents and by disclosing other pertinent information. Google therefore reserves the right to supplement these initial disclosures. By providing these initial disclosures, Google does not represent that it is identifying every document, tangible thing or witness possibly relevant to this action. In addition, these 1 Dockets.Justia.com : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Case No. 05 CV 8136-JES Case No. 05 CV 8881-JES Case 1:05-cv-08881-JES Document 23 Filed 06/09/2006 Page 2 of 7 disclosures are made without Google in any way waiving its right to object to any discovery request or proceeding involving or relating to the subject matter of these disclosures on any grounds, including competency, privilege, relevancy and materiality, hearsay, undue burden, confidentiality, or any other appropriate grounds. Furthermore, these disclosures are not an admission by Google regarding any matter. Each and every disclosure set forth below is subject to the above qualifications and limitations. 1. Individuals Likely To Have Discoverable Information Individuals likely to have discoverable factual information that Google may use to support its defenses in the above-referenced lawsuits are identified in Attachment A, which by this reference is incorporated herein. 2. Description of Documents The following enumerates documents, data compilations, and other tangible things in the possession, control or custody of Google that Google may use to support its defenses: a. Documents identifying the works, which comprise (or will comprise) the Google Book Search Library Project and related information regarding the works. b. Documents describing the Google Book Search Library Project, including the process from receipt of a Works to the display of a portion of it in response to an Internet search query. 2 Case 1:05-cv-08881-JES Document 23 Filed 06/09/2006 Page 3 of 7 c. Documents describing the purposes for and uses of the Google Search Library Project. d. Documents describing the concept and implementation of the Google Book Search Library Project, including security measures and opt-out policies. e. Documents describing or relating to benefits to the public from the Google Book Search Library Project. f. Documents describing support for the Google Book Search Library Project among authors, publishers, and the general public. g. Documents describing the plaintiffs' voluntary participation in the Google Book Search Publisher Program. h. Documents regarding agreements with universities and libraries to make the contents of their libraries available through the Google Book Search Library Project. i. Documents describing Google Book Search, including the different displays in response to search queries executed by Internet users. 3. Computation of Damages Google denies liability for damages and does not seek recovery of damages from the plaintiffs in either lawsuit (other than recovery of costs and attorney fees). Google would present evidence of its court costs and attorney fees after the claims against it have been denied or dismissed. 3 Case 1:05-cv-08881-JES Document 23 Filed 06/09/2006 Page 4 of 7 4. Insurance Google is continuing to investigate potential insurance coverage claims related to the Author Plaintiffs and Publishers Plaintiffs lawsuits. Dated: June 9, 2006 s/ Ronald L. Raider Joseph M. Beck Alex S. Fonoroff Ronald L. Raider Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 1100 Atlanta, GA 30309-4530 Telephone: (404) 815-6406 Facsimile: (404) 541-3126 Adam H. Charnes Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 1001 West Fourth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101-2400 Telephone: (336) 607-7382 Facsimile: (336) 734-2602 Jeffrey A. Conciatori Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges 335 Madison Avenue, 17h Floor New York, NY 10017 Telephone: (212) 849-7000 Facsimile: (212) 849-7100 4 Case 1:05-cv-08881-JES Document 23 Filed 06/09/2006 Page 5 of 7 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that the foregoing DEFENDANT'S INITIAL DISCLOSURES was electronically filed with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system that will automatically send email notification of such filing to the following attorney(s) of record: Sanford P. Dumain (sdumain@milbergweiss.com) Laura Gundersheim (lgundersheim@milbergweiss.com) Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP One Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY 10119-0165 Michael J. Boni (mboni@kohnswift.com) Kate Reznick (kreznick@kohnswift.com) Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C. One South Broad Street, Suite 2100 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Bruce P. Keller ( (bpkeller@debevoise.com) James J. Pastore, Jr. (jjpastore@debevoise.com) Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 This 9th day of June, 2006 s/ Ronald L. Raider Ronald L. Raider 5 Case 1:05-cv-08881-JES Attachment A Document 23 Filed 06/09/2006 Page 6 of 7 Attorney-Client Confidential Google BookSearch Team List Title Department Employee Topics for Initial Disclosures Bartelma, Jeff Associate Product Manager Product Book Search user facing features and user interface design Engineering related to Book Search; business and management decisions related to Book Search Relationships with Book Search partners; conceptualization of Book Search project (was a founding member of the Book Relationships with Book Search partners Relationships with Book Search partners; business development; business strategies Book Search marketing and outreach Clancy, Daniel DeBonis, Laura Edmonds, Amanda Gerber, Jim Engineering Director Online Sales and Operations Director Strategic Partner Manager Content Partnerships Director Engineering Operations Sales Sales Grant, Jen Product Marketing Manager Marketing Khaliq, Siraj Software Engineer Engineering Kuch, Doug Head of Global Production, Operations Logistics, Operations Book Search Associate Product Manager Product Mathes, Adam O'Sullivan, Joseph Software Engineer Engineering Peterson, Tillie Site Manager, Mountain View Print Operations Engineering Project Manager Operations Book Search security and user restrictions; image processing and flow; scanstation design; conceptualization of Book Search project (was a founding member of the Book flow, scanning, processing, and quality asssurance; scan station operation; physical security; conceptualization of Book Search project (was a founding member of the Book Search Project team) Bibliographic records and metadata; product features involving document understanding, library linking, and public domain book access; ranking Google's pre-Book Search scanning and processing; scanning prototypes and design; initial competitive research; initial relationships with libraries; backend engineering; possible research uses of book scans; conceptualization of Book Book flow, scanning, processing, and quality assurance; scan station operations; physical security Book Search production tracking and support; integrated scan center engineering; implementation of copyright/genre classification logic; tracking of performance metrics; engineering related to print on demand; optDesign and impelementation of processing controller; engineering related to how partner libraries obtain scanned versions of b k t ki f f ti Rajagopalan, Srikanth Engineering Ratnakar, Viresh Software Engineer Engineering 1 6/9/2006 Case 1:05-cv-08881-JES Attachment A Document 23 Filed 06/09/2006 Page 7 of 7 Attorney-Client Confidential Google BookSearch Team List Title Department Employee Topics for Initial Disclosures Smith, Adam Group Business Product Manager Product Vemula, Venu Wojcicki, Susan Software Engineer VP, Product Management Engineering Product Management Management and strategy related to engineering, sales, business development, existing partnerships and relationships, benefits of Book Search; account management, operations and processing, marketing p blic Book Search security and user restrictions; tracking of performance metrics Strategy related to business development, feature development, marketing, and public relations/communications; benefits of Book Search 2 6/9/2006

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