Polaris IP, LLC v. Google Inc. et al

Filing 483

Emergency MOTION to Expedite (Emergency Motion for Expedited Briefing Schedule and Request for Hearing regarding Dkt. Nos. 410, 412, & 478) by AOL, LLC., America Online, Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo!, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Doan, Jennifer)

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Polaris IP, LLC v. Google Inc. et al Doc. 483 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION BRIGHT RESPONSE LLC Plaintiff, v. GOOGLE INC., YAHOO!, INC., AOL LLC, and AMERICA ONLINE, INC., Defendants. § § § § § Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-371-CE § § § § § EMERGENCY MOTION FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND REQUEST FOR HEARING REGARDING DKT. NOS. 410, 412, & 478 ______________________________________________________________________________ Defendants Google Inc., America Online, Inc. and Yahoo!, Inc. (collectively "Defendants") respectfully request the Court enter an order setting an expedited briefing schedule for Plaintiff Bright Response, LLC to respond to the following: 1) Google's Emergency Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's July 6, 2010 Expert Report [Dkt. No. 410] filed on July 12, 2010; 2) Yahoo!'s Emergency Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's July 6, 2010 Expert Report [Dkt. No. 412] filed on July 13, 2010; and 3) Defendants' Motion for Discovery Sanctions for Failure to Disclose Key Discovery Regarding EZ Reader [Dkt. No. 478] filed on July 23, 2010. Specifically, Defendants request the Court order Bright Response to respond to each of these motions no later than July 27, 2010. Defendants have responded to Bright Response's "emergency" motions in an expedited manner without an order from the Court.1 Plaintiff should 1 For example, Bright Response filed an emergency motion to strike portions of Defendants' invalidity expert report on July 14, 2010 [Dkt. No. 415] and Defendants responded EMERGENCY MOTION FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE REGARDING DKT. NOS. 410, 412, 478 ­ Page 1 Dockets.Justia.com be required to do the same. This case is set for a pretrial hearing on July 28, 2010, and each of these matters are pertinent to the issues that will be raised during the hearing. In addition, this case is set for trial in less than a week and these matters must be resolved before trial. For all theses reasons, Defendants respectfully request an order directing Bright Response to respond to Dkt. Nos. 410, 412, and 478 no later than July 27, 2010. Defendants respectfully request that this Court set these motions for hearing on July 28, 29 or 30, 2010. Dated: July 26, 2010 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Jennifer H. Doan Jennifer H. Doan Email: jdoan@haltondoan.com State Bar No. 08809050 Joshua Reed Thane Email: jthane@haltondoan.com State Bar No. 24060713 HALTOM & DOAN Crown Executive Center, Suite 100 6500 Summerhill Road Texarkana TX 75503 Telephone: (903) 255-1000 William C. Rooklidge Email: rooklidgew@howrey.com Bar No. 6238352 HOWREY, LLP 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1700 Irvine, CA 92614-2559 Telephone: (949) 721-6900 Jason C. White Mansi Shah Scott Sherwin HOWREY LLP 321 North Clark Street, Suite 3400 Chicago, Illinois 60654 Telephone: 312/595-1239 on July 19, 2010 [Dkt. No. 431]. Further, Bright Response filed an emergency motion to allow Pridham access to confidential documents on July 23, 2010 [Dkt. No. 473] and Defendants responded on July 26, 2010. EMERGENCY MOTION FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE REGARDING DKT. NOS. 410, 412, 478 ­ Page 2 Facsimile: 312/595-2250 whitej@howrey.com shahm@howrey.com sherwins@howrey.com Brian A. E. Smith Email: smithbrian@howrey.com State Bar No. 188147 HOWREY LLP 525 Market Street, Suite 3600 San Francisco CA 94105-2708 Telephone: (415) 848-4900 Attorneys for Defendant Yahoo!, Inc. /s/___David Perlson w/permission________ Charles K. Verhoeven, CA Bar No. 170151 LEAD ATTORNEY David A. Perlson, CA Bar No. 209502 Jennifer A. Kash, CA Bar No. 203679 Amy H. Candido, CA Bar No. 237829 Eugene Novikov, CA Bar No. 257849 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 50 California Street, 22nd Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 875-6600 Facsimile: (415) 875-6700 Jennifer Parker Ainsworth TX Bar No. 00784720 Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius, P.C. P.O. Box 7339 Tyler, Texas 75711 Telephone: (903) 509-5000 Facsimile: (903) 509-5092 jainsworth@wilsonlawfirm.com Attorneys for Defendant Google Inc. and AOL LLC EMERGENCY MOTION FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE REGARDING DKT. NOS. 410, 412, 478 ­ Page 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a). All other counsel of record not deemed to have consented to electronic service were served with a true and correct copy of the foregoing by certified mail, return receipt requested, on July 26, 2010. /s/ Jennifer H. Doan Jennifer H. Doan CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE On July 9, 2010, counsel for Bright Response, LLC, Yahoo!, Inc., Google Inc., and America Online, Inc. met and conferred regarding Dkt. Nos. 410 and 412. In addition, the parties exchanged various emails regarding the issues in those motions. Further, on July 15, 2010, counsel for the Defendants raised with Plaintiff the failure to disclose discoverable information at the appropriate times in this case, including the matters at issue in Dkt. No. 478. The discussions have conclusively ended in an impasse, leaving an open issue for the Court to resolve. As such, the motion is filed opposed. /s/ Jennifer H. Doan Jennifer H. Doan EMERGENCY MOTION FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE REGARDING DKT. NOS. 410, 412, 478 ­ Page 4

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