Datatreasury Corporation v. Wells Fargo & Company et al
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Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer by Electronic Data Systems Corp., Datatreasury Corporation, Wells Fargo & Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, National Association, U.S. Bancorp, U.S. Bank, National Association, Wachovia Corporation, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Suntrust Banks, Inc., Suntrust Bank, UBS Americas, Inc., BB&T Corporation, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Bancorpsouth, Inc., Bancorp South Bank, The Bank of New York, Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., The Frost National Bank, HSBC North America Holdings Inc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Harris Bankcorp, Inc., Harris, N.A., National City Corporation, National City Bank, Zions Bancorporation, Zions First National Bank, Bank of New York Co., Inc., The Bank of New York Co, Inc., Unionbancal Corporation, Union Bank of California National Association, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD, City National Corporation, City National Bank, City National Corporation, Comerica Incorporated, City National Bank, Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Keycorp, Keybank National Association, Lasalle Bank Corporation, Lasalle Bank NA, M&T Bank Corporation, M&T Bank, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., PNC Bank, National Association, Small Value Payments Company, LLC, First Data Corporation, Telecheck Services, Inc., Remitco, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Melsheimer, Thomas)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION DATA TREASURY CORPORATION, Plaintiff v. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, ET AL., Defendants JOINT UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO ANSWER Plaintiff Data Treasury Corporation ("DTC") and all defendants (except for Compass Bancshares, Inc.; First Horizon National Corporation; First Tennessee Bank, National Association; First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.; First Citizens Bank & Trust Company; the Clearing House Payments Company, who do not join this motion; and Magtek, Inc., who has already filed an Answer) (collectively "Moving Defendants"), jointly move the Court for an extension of time for the Defendants to answer DTC's Complaint and would show the Court as follows: 1. On February 2, 2006, DTC filed its Complaint for patent infringement. 2:06-CV-72 DF
The suit was assigned to this Court, and enumerated as captioned above. 2. Defendants, other than Magtek, Inc., moved to dismiss this case in lieu of
filing an answer on June 1, 2006. The Court denied the Defendants' joint motion to dismiss on December 27, 2006. 3. Pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 12(a)(4)(A), the current answer deadline is
January 12, 2007, for the Defendants who moved to dismiss the case.
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4.
DTC and the Moving Defendants have jointly agreed that the deadline for
the Moving Defendants to answer in this case should be extended to February 12, 2007. 5. This joint motion will not result in prejudice to any party or to the Court,
and will not unduly delay the proceedings. WHEREFORE, DTC and the MOVING DEFENDANTS jointly request an extension of time until February 12, 2007, to answer DTC's Complaint.
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Respectfully submitted, Dated: January 10, 2007 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
By: /s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer Texas Bar No. 13922550 melsheimer@fr.com 1717 Main Street, Suite 5000 Dallas, TX 75201 214-747-5070 (Telephone) 214-747-2091 (Telecopy) Robert E. Hillman Fish & Richardson P.C. 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110-2804 617-542-5070 (Telephone) 617-542-8906 (Telecopy) Robert M. Parker Robert Christopher Bunt Parker & Bunt, P.C. 100 E. Ferguson, Suite 1114 Tyler, Texas 75702 903-531-3535 (Telephone) 903-533-9687 (Telecopy) Michael E. Jones Texas Bar No. 10929400 E. Glenn Thames, Jr. Texas Bar No. 00785097 Potter Minton 500 Plaza Tower 110 North College, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75702
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ATTORNEYS FOR BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:/s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer by permission on behalf of the following counsel: Danielle Williams KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP 1001 West Fourth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Bill Boice Audra Dial KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800 Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4530 Kenneth Godlewski Stephen Baskin KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP 607 14th Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005-2018 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BB&T CORPORATION, BRANCH BANKING & TRUST CO., COMERICA BANK & TRUST, N.A., COMERICA, INC., M&T BANK, M&T CORPORATION, WACHOVIA CORPORATION, WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. John G. Flaim Brian Hurst Brian C. McCormack BAKER & MCKENZIE 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2300 Dallas, TX 75201-0800 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Raymond Sweigart Jack Barufka Scott Pivnick
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PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 1650 Tysons Blvd. McLean, VA 22102-4859 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BANK OF NEW YORK CO., INC., THE BANK OF NEW YORK, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION Glen Boudreaux Tim Leonard Edward J. Nicholas BOUDREAUX LEONARD HAMMOND CURCIO 2 Houston Center 909 Fannin Street, Suite 2350 Houston, TX 77010 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC., HSBC BANK USA, N.A. Kurt M. Sauer DAFFER MCDANIEL The Chase Building 700 Lavaca, Suite 720 Austin, TX 78701-3119 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC., THE FROST NATIONAL BANK Irah Donner WILMER, CUTLER, PICKERING, HALE & DORR 399 Park Ave. New York, NY 10022 ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC., HSBC BANK USA, N.A. Sam Baxter Lead Attorney Texas Bar No. 01938000 sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com McKOOL SMITH, P.C. 505 East Travis Street, Suite 105 Marshall, Texas 75670 903-927-2111 (Telephone) 903-927-2622 (Telecopy)
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Theodore Stevenson, III Texas Bar No. 19196650 tstevenson@mckoolsmith.com L. David Anderson Texas Bar No. 00796126 danderson@mckoolsmith.com McKOOL SMITH P.C. 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201 214-978-4000 (Telephone) 214-978-4044 (Telecopy) Peter J. Ayers Texas Bar No. 24009882 payers@mckoolsmith.com Geoffrey L. Smith Texas Bar No. 24041939 gsmith@mckoolsmith.com McKOOL SMITH P.C. 300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700 Austin, Texas 78701 512-692-8700 (Telephone) 512-692-8744 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS SUNTRUST BANKS, INC., SUNTRUST BANK, THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC., PNC BANK, KEYCORP, AND KEYBANK NA Theodore Stevenson, III Lead Attorney Texas Bar No. 19196650 tstevenson@mckoolsmith.com Garret W. Chambers Texas Bar No. 00792160 gchambers@mckoolsmith.com L. David Anderson Texas Bar No. 00796126 danderson@mckoolsmith.com McKOOL SMITH, P.C 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201 214-978-4000 (Telephone) 214-978-4044 (Telecopy) Peter J. Ayers Texas Bar No. 24009882 payers@mckoolsmith.com Geoffrey L. Smith Texas Bar No. 24041939 gsmith@mckoolsmith.com McKOOL SMITH P.C. 300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700
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Austin, Texas 78701 512-692-8700 (Telephone) 512-692-8744 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP. Robert M. Manley Lead Attorney Texas Bar No. 00787955 rmanley@mckoolsmith.com Sam Baxter Texas Bar No. 01938000 sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com L. David Anderson Texas Bar No. 00796126 danderson@mckoolsmith.com McKOOL SMITH, P.C. 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201 214-978-4000 (Telephone) 214-978-4044 (Telecopy) Peter J. Ayers Texas Bar No. 24009882 payers@mckoolsmith.com Geoffrey L. Smith Texas Bar No. 24041939 gsmith@mckoolsmith.com McKOOL SMITH, P.C. 300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700 Austin, Texas 78701 512-692-8700 (Telephone) 512-692-8744 (Telecopy) Robert Masters robertmasters@paulhastings.com Paul Wilson paulwilson@paulhastings.com Brandon White brandonwhite@paulhastings.com Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP 875 15th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 202-551-1763 (Telephone) 202-551-1705 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS HARRIS BANKCORP, INC. AND HARRIS N.A. Edward G. Poplawski (Pro Hac Vice) EPoplaws@Sidley.com
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Jeffrey A. Finn (Pro Hac Vice) JFinn@Sidley.com Carissa A. Tener (Pro Hac Vice) CTener@Sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN L.L.P. 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, California 90013 213-896-6000 (Telephone) 213-896-6600 (Telecopy) Lance Lee WLanceLee@aol.com Texas Bar No. 240004762 YOUNG, PICKETT & LEE, L.L.P. 4122 Texas Blvd. P.O. Box 1897 Texarkana, Texas 75504 903-794-1303 (Telephone) 903-792-5098 (Telecopy) COUNSEL FOR FIRST DATA CORPORATION, TELECHECK SERVICES, INC.;REMITCO, LLC, LASALLE BANK CORPORATION, LASALLE BANK NA, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. William L. LaFuze Texas Bar No. 11792500 wlafuze@velaw.com D. Ferguson McNiel Texas Bar No. 13830300 fmcniel@velaw.com VINSON & ELKINS LLP 2300 First City Tower 1001 Fannin St. Houston, TX 77002 713-758-2595 (Telephone) 713-615-5017 (Telecopy) Scott W. Breedlove Texas Bar No. 00790361 sbreedlove@velaw.dom VINSON & ELKINS LLP 3700 Trammell Crow Center 2001 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75201-2975 214-220-7700 (Telephone) 214-220-7716 (Telecopy) Harry Lee Gillam, Jr. Texas Bar No. 07921800
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gil@gillamsmithlaw.com Melissa Richards Smith Texas Bar No. 24001351 melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com GILLAM & SMITH LLP 110 South Bolivar, Suite 204 Marshall, TX 75670 903-934-8450 (Telephone) 903-934-9257 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR UBS AMERICAS, INC. Betsy Rosenblatt brosenblatt@irell.com Andrew Weiss aweiss@irell.com IRELL & MANELLA LLP 1800 Ave. of the Stars, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067 310-203-7106 (Telephone) 310-556-5206 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR CITY NATIONAL BANK CITY NATIONAL CORP. Melvin R. Wilcox, III mrw@smeadlaw.com SMEAD, ANDERSON & DUNN LLP 2110 Horseshoe Lane P.O. Box 3343 Longview, TX 75606 903-232-1892 (Telephone) 903-232-1881 (Telecopy) Of Counsel: John J. Feldhaus jfeldhaus@foley.com Anthony H. Son ason@foley.com FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 3000 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 202-672-5300 (Telephone) ATTORNEYS FOR U.S. BANCORP, U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION AND NATIONAL CITY BANK, ZIONS BANCORPORATION AND ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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Daniel A. DeVito SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM 4 Times Square New York, NY 10036 212-735-3210 (Telephone) 917-777-3210 (Telecopy) ddevito@skadden.com Philip Philbin Russ Emerson HAYNES & BOONE 901 Main St., Suite 3100 Dallas, TX 75202 214-651-5684 (Telephone) 214-200-0672 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR VIEWPOINTE ARCHIVE SERVICES, LLC John H. McDowell, Jr. john.mcdowell@hughesluce.com Greg Perrone gregory.perrone@hughesluce.com HUGHES & LUCE LLP 1717 Main Street, Suite 2800 Dallas, TX 75201 214-939-5413 (Telephone) 214-939-5849 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR BANCORPSOUTH, INC., AND BANCORPSOUTH BANK Jeffrey Standley jstandley@standleyllp.com STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP 495 Metro Place South, Suite 210 Dublin, OH 43017 614-792-5555 (Telephone) 614-792-5536 (Telecopy) Claude Welch cwelch@consolidated.net 115 W. Shepherd Ave. Lufkin, TX 75904-3808 936-639-3311 (Telephone) 936-639-3049 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE This certifies that Brett Johnson, counsel for Bank of America, conferred with Karl Rupp, counsel for plaintiff, on January 3, 2007, concerning plaintiff's position on this motion, and Mr. Rupp stated that plaintiff does not oppose the motion to extend the time for Defendants to answer.
/s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document has been served on all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court's CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3).
/s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer
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