Certicom Corporation et al v. Sony Corporation et al

Filing 79

MOTION Application for Commission to Take Oral Deposition of Japanese Witnesses by Certicom Corporation, Certicom Patent Holding Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Roth, Carl)

Certicom Corporation et al v. Sony Corporation et al

Doc. 79

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, SONY ) COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC., ) SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ) ) AMERICA INC., SONY PICTURES ) ENTERTAINMENT INC., SONY ELECTRONICS INC. and SONY DADC ) ) US INC. ) ) Defendants. CERTICOM CORP. and CERTICOM PATENT HOLDING CORP.,

Civil Action No. 2-07CV-216-TJW

CERTICOM'S APPLICATION FOR COMMISSION TO TAKE ORAL DEPOSITION OF JAPANESE WITNESSES NOW COMES Certicom Corp. and Certicom Patent Holding Corp., and pursuant to Article 17 of the United States-Japan Consular Convention, requests that the Court issue a Commission for the Taking of Voluntary Oral Depositions of the following listed individuals at the United States Consulate General in Tokyo, Japan, commencing on or about December 9, 2008 and 8:30 a.m. and terminating on or about December 19, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Akiya Saito Takashi Hagiwara Susumu Ito Masao Mizutani Asami Mizuno Ikuo Shinozaki Hidehiro Inooka Atsuo Sakai Yoshinori Matsumoto Kiyoshi Satomi 1
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Takumi Okaue Takafumi Akai Satoshi Kitani

The attorneys participating for Plaintiffs in the depositions will be from the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP of New York, New York, and attorneys for the Defendants who will participate in said depositions are from the law firm of Kenyon & Kenyon LLP in New York, New York. A list of the attendees is attached as Exhibit 1 to this application. WHEREFORE, ALL PREMISES CONSIDERED, Plaintiffs request that a Commission be issued by the Court pursuant to Article 17 of the United States-Japan Consular Convention.

Respectfully submitted, Dated: December 2, 2008 ROPES & GRAY LLP By:___________________________ Robert C. Morgan (admitted pro hac vice) Laurence S. Rogers (admitted pro hac vice) Khue V. Hoang (admitted pro hac vice) Matthew A. Traupman (admitted pro hac vice) 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036-8704 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] James E. Hopenfeld (admitted pro hac vice) One Metro Center 700 12th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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THE ROTH LAW FIRM Carl R. Roth Texas Bar No. 17312000 Brendan C. Roth Texas Bar No. 24040132 Amanda A. Abraham Texas Bar No. 24055077 115 N. Wellington, Suite 200 Marshall, Texas 75670 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Certicom Corp. and Certicom Patent Holding Corp.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court's CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3) this 2nd day of December, 2008. Any other counsel of record will be served by facsimile transmission and/or first class mail.

_______________________________ Carl R. Roth

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