Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 72

NOTICE by Apple, Inc. of Subpoena to David Gelernter (Attachments: #1 Appendix Subpoena to Gelernter)(Smith, Stefani)

Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple, Inc.

Doc. 72 Att. 1

Issued by the

United States District Court
SOUTHERN
MIRROR WORLDS, LLC,
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Plaintiff
v.
APPLE INC.,

SUBPOENA IN A CIVIL CASE
CASE NUMBER: i 6:08 cv 88 LED
(Eastern District of

Texas, Tyler Division)

Defendant.
TO:

David Gelernter
c/o Harold Rose, Esq.
Offce of

the General Counsel

Yale University 2 Whitney A venue, 6th Floor New Haven, CT 06510

(J YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear in the United States District Court at the place, date, and time specified below to testify in the above case.
PLACE OF TESTIMONY
COURTROOM

DATE AND TIME

o YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear at the place, date, and time specified below to testify at the taking of a deposition in the above case.
PLACE OF DEPOSITION

DATE AND TIME

Wei! Gotshal & Manges, LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10022

Apri! 10, 2009 9:00 am

(J YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce and permit inspection and copying of objects at the place, date, and time specified below (list documents or objects):
PLACE
YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit inspection of

the following documents or
DATE AND TIME

the following premises at the date and time specified below.
DATE AND TIME

PREMISES

Any organization not a part to this suit that is subpoenaed for the taking of a deposition shall designate one or more officers, directors, or managing agents, or other persons who consent to testify on its behalf, and may set forth, for

-".- ('- ",' ,- - . ATTORNEY~~ ~ IANT APPLE INC. _
ISSUING OFFICER

each person designated, the matters on which the person wil testify. Federal Rules ofCivi! Procedure. JO(b)(6).

M 'I TITLE (IN2Ai IJìA TTO~Y F~NTIFF OR DEFENDANT)

DATE

March i 1, 2009

ISSUING OFFICER'S NAME, ADD~ SS AND PHONE NUMBER

Stefani C. Smith, Wei!, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065;
Telephone [phone]
(See Rule 45, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Parts C & D on Reverse)
¡ If action is pending in district other than district of issuance, state district under case number.

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PROOF OF SERVICE
DATE

PLACE

SERVED
SERVED ON (PRINT NAM)

MANNR OF SERVICE

SERVED BY (PRINT NAM)

TITLE

DECLARA TlON OF SERVER
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of

the United States of America that the foregoing

information contained in the Proof of Service is true and correct.

Executed on

DATE

SIGNATURE OF SERVER ADDRESS OF SERVER

Rule 45, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Parts C & D:

(c) PROTECTION OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO SUBPOENAS.

(I) A party or an attorney responsible for the issuance and service of a subpoena shall take reasonable steps to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to that subpoena. The court on behalf of which the subpoena was issued shall enforce this duty and impose upon the party or attorney in breach of this duty an appropriate sanction, which may include, but is not limited to, lost earnings and a reasonable attorney's fee.

that, subject to the provisions of clause (c)(3)(B)(iii) of this rule, such a person may in order to attend trial be commanded to travel from any such place within the state in which the trial is held, or (iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter and no exception or waiver applies, or (iv) subjects a person to undue burden.

(B) If a subpoena

(2)(A) A person commanded to produce and permit inspection and copying of
designated books, papers, documents or tangible things, or inspection of premises need not appear in person at the place of production or inspection unless commanded to appear
for deposition, hearing or triaL.

(i) requires disclosure of a trade secret or other confidential research, development,
or commercial information, or
(ii) required disclosure of an unretained expert's opinion or information not

describing specific events or occurrences in dispute and resulting from the expert's
permit inspection and copying may, within 14 days after service the of

(B) Subject to paragraph (d)(2) of this rule, a person commanded to produce and

subpoena or before

the time specified for compliance if such time is less than i 4 days after service, serve upon the party or attorney designated in the subpoena written objection to inspection or copying of any or all of the designated materials or of the premises. If objection is made,
the party serving the subpoena shall not be entitled to inspect and copy the materials or

study made not at the request of any part, or (iii) requires a person who is not a party or an offcer of a party to incur substantial expense to travel more than i 00 miles to attend trial, the court may, to protect a
the person subject to or affected by the subpoena, quash or modiry the subpoena or, if

party in whose behalf the subpoena is issued shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be otherwise met without undue hardship and
assures that the person to whom the subpoena is addressed will be reasonably compensated, the court may order appearance or production only upon specified conditions.

inspect the premises except pursuant to an order of the court by which the subpoena was issued. If objection has been made, the party serving the subpoena may, upon notice to

the person commanded to produce, move at any time for an order to compel the
production. Such an order to compel production shall protect any person who is not a

party or an offcer of a pary from significant expense resulting from the inspection and
copying commanded.

(d) DUTIES IN RESPONDING TO SUBPOENA.
(1) A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents shall produce them as

(3)(A) On timely motion, the court by which a subpoena was issued shall quash or
modiry the subpoena if it

they are kept in the usual course of business or shall organize and label them to correspond

with the categories in the demand.

more than 100 miles from the place where that person resides, is employed or
regularly transacts business in person, except

(i) fails to allow reasonable time for compliance; (ii) requires a person who is not a part or an offcer of a party to travel to a place

(2) When information subject to a subpoena is withheld on a claim that is privileged or subject to protection as trial preparation materials, the claim shall be made expressly and
shall be supported by a description of the nature of the documents, communications, or

things not produced that is suffcient to enable the demanding party to contest the claim.

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