Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al

Filing 1326

NOTICE by Adobe Systems Incorporated, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, LLC re 1315 Order Defendants' Objection to the Court's Agenda for the Invalidity Trial and in Limine Order Relataing to Context for the Invalidity Trial (Reines, Edward)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TYLER DIVISION
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Eolas Technologies Incorporated and The Regents of )
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the University of California,
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Plaintiffs,
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vs.
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Adobe Systems Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., CDW Corp., )
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Citigroup Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., Google
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Inc., J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., Staples, Inc.,
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Yahoo! Inc., and YouTube, LLC,
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 6:09-CV-446-LED

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

DEFENDANTS AMAZON.COM, INC., YAHOO! INC., GOOGLE INC., YOUTUBE,
LLC, ADOBE SYSTEMS INC., THE GO DADDY GROUP, INC., AND J.C. PENNEY
CORPORATION, INC.’S OBJECTION TO THE COURT’S AGENDA FOR THE
INVALIDITY TRIAL AND IN LIMINE ORDER RELATING TO CONTEXT FOR THE
INVALIDITY TRIAL
Defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., YouTube, LLC, Adobe
Systems Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. (“Defendants”)
respectfully object to the February 2, 2012 sua sponte Order in limine that no party shall state or
imply that infringement has been conceded or that infringement is yet to be determined by this or
any other jury (Dkt. No. 1315). Defendants respectfully submit that the jury must be advised
that the issue of infringement has not yet been decided because there is a significant risk that,
without that context, the jury will improperly assume that Defendants infringe resulting in undue
prejudice to Defendants. This context is also necessary to allow the jury to assess the credibility
of plaintiff's witnesses, some of whom stand to gain millions of dollars should Eolas prevail on
the issues of invalidity and infringement, and to prevent Plaintiffs from taking inconsistent
positions regarding the scope of the claims in the two trials (see Dkt. No. 1274). Defendants

have proposed jury instructions that would allow the Court to advise the jury that the
infringement issue is still open in a manner that is neutral and not prejudicial to either side.
Defendants also respectfully object to the February 1, 2012 Order Setting Agenda for the
Invalidity Trial Set for 2-06-2012 (Dkt. No. 1310). Defendants have the burden — by clear and
convincing evidence — to show invalidity of the patents-in-suit. The party with the burden of
proof should be afforded the right to both open and close to the jury first and to conduct voir dire
first.

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Dated: February 3, 2012

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Edward R. Reines
Edward Reines (Bar No.135960)
[e-mail]
Jared Bobrow (Bar No. 133712)
[e-mail]
Sonal N. Mehta (Bar No. 222086)
[e-mail]
Andrew L. Perito (Bar No. 269995)
[e-mail]
Aaron Y. Huang (Bar No. 261903)
[e-mail]
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
201 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Doug W. McClellan (Bar No. 24027488)
[e-mail]
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
700 Louisiana, Suite 1600
Houston, TX 77002
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Jennifer H. Doan (Bar No. 088090050)
[e-mail]
Josha R. Thane (Bar No. 24060713)
[e-mail]
HALTOM & DOAN
6500 Summerhill Road, Suite 100
Texarkana, TX 75503
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Otis Carroll (Bar No. 3895700)
Deborah Race (Bar No. 11648700)
IRELAND, CARROLL & KELLEY, P.C.
6101 South Broadway, Suite 500
Tyler, Texas 75703
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
AMAZON.COM, INC. AND YAHOO! INC.

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/s/ Douglas E. Lumish (with permission)
Douglas E. Lumish
Jeffrey G. Homrig
Joseph H. Lee
Parker C. Ankrum
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES &
FRIEDMAN, LLP
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Jonathan K. Waldrop
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES &
FRIEDMAN, LLP
1360 Peachtree St., N.E.
Suite 1150
Atlanta, GA 30309
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
James R. Batchelder
Sasha G. Rao
Brandon H. Stroy
Rebecca R. Hermes
Lauren N. Robinson
ROPES & GRAY LLP
1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Han Xu
ROPES & GRAY LLP
Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02199-3600
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Daryl Joseffer
Adam Conrad
KING & SPALDING
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 2006-4707
Tel: [phone]
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Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Michael E. Jones
Allen F. Gardner
POTTER MINTON
110 N. College, Suite 500
Tyler, TX 75702
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
GOOGLE INC. AND YOUTUBE LLC

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/s/ Jason W. Wolff (with permission)
Frank E. Scherkenbach
E-mail: [e-mail]
Proshanto Mukherji
Email: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
One Marina Park Drive
Boston, MA 02110-1878
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
David J. Healey
E-mail: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
1 Houston Center
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2800
Houston, TX 77010
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
Jason W. Wolff
E-mail: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
12390 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
Michael E. Florey
Email: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
3200 RBC Plaza
60 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
/s/ Proshanto Mukherji (with permission)
Thomas M. Melsheimer
Email: [e-mail]
Neil J. McNabnay
Email: [e-mail]
Carl E. Bruce
Email: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON
1717 Main Street, Suite 5000
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: [phone]

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Proshanto Mukherji
Email: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON
One Marina Park Drive
Boston, MA 02110-1878
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
THE GO DADDY GROUP, INC.
/s/ Christopher M. Joe (with
permission)
Christopher M. Joe
Brian Carpenter
Eric W. Buether
BUETHER JOE & CARPENTER
1700 Pacific, Suite 2390
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant
J.C. PENNEY CORPORATION, INC.

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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 this the 3rd day of February, 2012.
/s/ Edward R. Reines
Edward R. Reines

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