I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al

Filing 282

MOTION for Sanctions Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc.'s Third Motion for Discovery Sanctions Regarding Untimely Discovery Responses by I/P Engine, Inc.. (Sherwood, Jeffrey)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
NORFOLK DIVISION
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Plaintiff,
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AOL, INC. et al.,
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Defendants.
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I/P ENGINE, INC.,

Civ. Action No. 2:11-cv-512

PLAINTIFF I/P ENGINE, INC.’S
THIRD MOTION FOR DISCOVERY SANCTIONS
REGARDING UNTIMELY DISCOVERY RESPONSES

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16(b) and 37(c)(1), Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc.
(“I/P Engine”) requests that this Court remedy the untimely and highly prejudicial discovery
tactics employed by Defendant Google Inc. and strike (1) the more than 250 pages of source
code that Google first made available on September 14, 2012, 10 days after the close of
discovery, and (2) Google’s Supplemental Responses to I/P Engine’s Interrogatory Nos. 21 and
22, which reference that source code.
For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff I/P
Engine, Inc.’s Third Motion for Discovery Sanctions Regarding Untimely Discovery Response,

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striking these untimely discovery responses is the only meaningful remedy for Google’s
violation of the discovery rules. Any other remedy (such as an extension of time) would reward
Google for its dilatory tactics.
Dated: September 21, 2012

By: /s/ Jeffrey K. Sherwood
Donald C. Schultz (Virginia Bar No. 30531)
W. Ryan Snow (Virginia Bar No. 47423)
CRENSHAW, WARE & MARTIN PLC
150 West Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Jeffrey K. Sherwood (Virginia Bar No. 19222)
Frank C. Cimino, Jr.
Kenneth W. Brothers
Dawn Rudenko Albert
Charles J. Monterio, Jr.
DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
1825 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Counsel for Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF GOOD FAITH

In accordance with Local Rule 37(E), I certify that counsel conferred in good faith to
resolve this dispute prior to the filing of the present Motion. Counsel’s meet-and-confer efforts
included correspondence and telephonic meet-and-confers.

/s/ Charles J. Monterio, Jr.
Charles J. Monterio, Jr.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 21st day of September, 2012, the foregoing PLAINTIFF I/P
ENGINE, INC.’S THIRD MOTION FOR DISCOVERY SANCTIONS REGARDING
UNTIMELY DISCOVERY RESPONSES, was served via the Court’s CM/ECF system and
via Hand Delivery, on the following:
Stephen Edward Noona
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
150 W Main St
Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
[e-mail]
David Bilsker
David Perlson
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Robert L. Burns
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Two Freedom Square
11955 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190
[e-mail]
Cortney S. Alexander
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
3500 SunTrust Plaza
303 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 94111
[e-mail]

/s/ Jeffrey K. Sherwood

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